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BARBS

Dempsey is making q glorious
comeack. Yes, ($232,000 for II ap-
pearances) plenty grand.
* x X
Bandits, cornered by police, Slip
ped the stolen jewels into the pocket
Of bystander who was promptly ar
rested. Well, to the victim belongs
the polls.
\ \ Y
Gandhi is going to visit Scotland.
Might teach the canny Scot some
thing about thrift in garments.
y X X
Clothiers are howling that auto
mobiles have made motorists care
less about their clothes. But there
are still times when a man must
change attire.
X X Y
Hotels are bettering their service
to increase business. II it gets much
better what will become of nobody's
business?
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
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When Resources End!

Not quite like q mysterious finger
writing prophecy of doom on the
palace wall, but rather ominous just
the same, was recent forecast in a
middle western banking magazine
that present reserves of high grade
iron ore in the Lake Superior district
will be entirely exhausted In less than
30 years if present rates of shipment
prevail.
OF course, new deposits may be
found in the rich Minnesota and
Michigan ranges. If not, there are
extensive low-grade reserves there
which may, through some cheap new
process, become commercially avail
able. If not, there are still vast de-
posits elsewhere in America, and wa
ter transportation is still cheap. And
yet
The forecast, somehow, is discoln-
forting. For it points to fact that
we like to forget; the fact that there
is to be, some day, an inevitable end
to the natural resources of the earth.
Oil, iron, coal-some day, soon or
late, mankind will have used up the
last of them, and there will be no
possibility of getting any more.
In former ages, perhaps, this would
not have mattered quite so much. But
the civilization that Is being devel-
oped now is founded, in a peculiarly
intimate way, on just those commod-
tiles. Skyscrapers, railroads, automo-
biles, all the great machines that do
the work of the world-they come
back to this triumvirate inescapably.
TO be sure, cheap synthetic gaso-
line will be devised some day. Water
power may replace coal very nicely.
But who ever heard of a synthetic
steel? Can you imagine papier-
mache skyscraper, or a locomotive
built of cornstalk fibers?
Yet this approaching end of the
great age of steel Is a certainty which
we need to look at occasionally. We
need to be reminded that we are not
building for eternity any more than
the Babylonians did. The proudest
city sky line will some day vanish.
The most imposing manufacturing
district will lose its smoke-cloud.
These things constitute, not an ever
lasting framework for human activi-
ties, but an insubstantial back-drop
which will presently be removed.
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naked eye They will recall with

naked eye. They will recall with
what wonder and awe they watched
it dash across the heavens, night
after night, until it finally disap-
peared into the outer space which
even the wisest man has been unable
to measure.
Things like the expected appear
ance of the leonid meteors brings
home to the watcher just how small
and insignificant he really is. It
makes him think of the power above
and beyond the knowledge of man
which causes it all. And sometimes
these thoughts are very good for us.
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Quotations

We cannot live in patchwork of
patriotic sovereign states any more.
We must live as world citizens or
perish.-H. G. Wells.
+ \ \
It is overlooked that untruthful-
ness is the worst promoter Of conf
dence at home or abroad.-Dr. HAL
mar Schacht.
have never had anything to say
on the subject of presidential candi-
dates.-John j. Raskob.
X 4 X
The trouble in England Is that
sport is playing far too big part
in the lives of it's men and women.-
Richard Burbidga
Our country is the envied leader of
all nations because we have held un-
swervingly to our ideals.-Vice Presi-
dent Charles Curtis.
The oldest attempt at keeping
weather reports IS said to have been
made in 1914 by q minister In what
is now Wilmington. Del.
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New York and Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS Tribune)

Has the legislature of q state au-
thority to reapportion its congress
sional districts without gubcrnatorial
approval?
The supreme court of Minnesota, in
decision handed down last month,
answered this question with a ringing
affirmative.
It held that the word legislatures"
as used in article !. section 4, of the
United states constitution, refers only
to the legislative body which makes
the laws of the state, IS not synono-
NOUS with the lawmaking power of
the state and does not therefore in
clude the governor Of the state.
The effect of it's decision was to
set aside Governor Olsons veto of
the reapportionment act passed by
the last legislature and to establish
the validity of that act, which divides
the voting strength of Minneapolis ;
three ways and throws its third,
fourth and tenth wards into two
rural districts.
In New York state supreme court
justice has just answered the same
question with an emphatic negative
in refusing to grant an application
for court order providing for con-
gresSional election on the basis of
reapportionment resolution adopted
by both houses of the legislature last
spring.
Reapportionment by resolution was
attempted in. New York state after
Governor Roosevelt had threatened
to veto the Republicans redistricting
plan If it was incorporated in any
legislation submitted for his approval.
The resolution, Of course, was not
subject to his veto. but Justice Staley
of the state supreme court has now
ruled that redistricting can only be
accomplished by the enactment of
law. which means that redistricting
must be passed on by the governor
before 1t can attain that status. A
resolution, in other words, is not
enough; reapportionment, in this jus
tice's opinion, must be effected by
statute and bill must be submitted
to the governor for his approval be-
fore it can become a law in New York
state.
4, The New York ruling by no means
alters the fact that Minnesota has a
reapportionment act of its own that
! has been upheld by the state supreme
court or the further fact that this
legislation must continue in effect so
long as the state courts decision is
not reversed. Still, it is clearer to-
day than ever that the position which
the governor of state holds in re-
lation to reapportionment legislation
needs defining by the supreme court
cf the United States. AS matters
stand now. the Minnesota legislature
can redistrict without regard to ths
! governor and the New York legisla-
ture cannot. Here. plainly, Is q ques-
tion Of law which will continue tt
vex the states and cast a shadow o1
uncertainty and doubt over all redis-
tricting legislation until it is an.
. swered. and finally, by the highes
court in the land. The sooner thu
United States supreme court passe.
on this point the better pleased w
! will be in Minnesota, where the legis.
lature has successfully jigsawed tn:
states largest city into three part!
and split its voting strength In ar
entirely unjust and indefensible man.
ner.
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St,en.MOtherS

The case of little washington
pirl who appears to have been cruelty
inistreated by her parents has touched
the hearts of most Of the people who
have read about it, and yet it serves
only to illustrate the fact that Amer
leans usually are more than good to
their children.
The little girl also had STEP
mother and the inference Is that she,
backing the personal interest which
she might have manifested In a child
of her own, adopted course OF bru-
sality and ill-treatment. This seems
10 prove another popular notion
which, however, frequently is lncor-
rect.
It may be there is something to be
said in behalf of the parents IN tnls
ease; that they may be able to justify
themselves in their own eyes; out
whatever may be said, 1t Will hardy
convince the rest Of us.
If we are average Americans, we
are too deeply imbued with the feel
ing of the sanctity and value OF
childhood and of child life to con-
done an offense against either. Most
narents issue warnings to each other
that they fear their offspring are be-
ing spoiled-and then do perfectly
good Job of spelling them just the
same. One of the hardest jobs the
average American parent has is that
of keeping from being too kind and
too considerate of his children, and
few make a complete success of it.
The average man or woman gets
too much pleasure out Of spelling a
child to deny himself the practice.
The step-mother aspect of the
case, seemingly proves the idea that
1t is common with step-mothers to
be mean and cruel. And yet there is
too much evidence on the other side
to justify this fallacy. Nearly every
one knows of cases in which a wo-
man has become a second mother te
a group Of children and has done 8
Sirst-class job of it, making as man!
sacrifices for them and treating then
with the same consideration as he,
own children.
The trouble, of course, Is that step
mothers, like mothers-in-law, hav'
been subject to too much generaliza
tion and the black sheep have loomes
so large in the foreground that the,
obscured the great majority behin'
them.
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An Opportunity

Persons who are not ordinarily In
terested In such things may get q
thrill out Of the might Of the falling
hairs" expected In the near future.
probably after midnight next Mon
day.
It Is an opportunity to see one of
the manifestations from beyond the
sphere Of mans influence and knowl-
edge and to acquire an experience
which may be beneficial to . lot
of US.
Most persons past Is can remem-
Der the appearance Of Halley's Comet
when 1t last came within view Of the
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Clemenceau took the war portfolio
Stephen Pichon was made foreign
secretary. He had held the same
portfolio in 1910 and was known as
relentless advocate for the recov-
cry of Alsace-Lorraine.
Twenty-four survivors of the D. N
Luckenback, sunk in the Bay Of Bis
cay on Oct. 81, 1917, arrived in an
American port with a story of the
sinking in which five of the crew
were killed
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all. was 1t any more than had been
common talk for weeks? Everyone
knew it was a scurrilous little
sheet; everyone discounted its nasty
little digs. She would only make
matters worse IL she made row
about it.
ROWEN came hurrying in. his
- arms full of packages. In his
left hand he held a whisky-bottle
carefully by the neck.
"Sorry to be so long," he ex.
planned. "but l had to buy some
powder and some other junk.
I, I got a pretty good thumb print. l
think. but the rest are not so good
wanta wait here little longer
till I go up and develop this? I'll
hurry.
"What's the bottle for?" Mary
asked. bewildered.
Don't touch it," He drew It
away from her pointing finger. Its
his-the Fly's. He drinks a spe-
cial brand. Mike sneaked It for me
while Jacks back was turned. Let
me get upstairs with 1t. quick. be.
fore something happens to It." He
was laboring under strong excite
ment. Can y imagine it! l been
carrying this down the street like
this. Afraid to wrap It up and
smear the print. Wonder I wasn't
pinched." He started of. and Mary
followed.
"Oh. don't leave me here! One
more black mark on my reputation
won't hurt. I'm going up with you. /"
In the elevator she asked bitterly,
did you know what was II that
magazine you gave me?"
When they were out OF hearing
of All exotic-looking couple who
went up in the elevator With them
she told him. Bowen did not seem
impressed.
"Oh. who reads that lousy little
sheet anyway? A handful of nit
wits with more money than brains
who know it anyhow. and about q
million repressed schoolteachers
who won't understand it after they
read it. Forget it"
Emily Ann Ruyther reads It.
Mary said worriedly. II suppose
she's in the midst Of a pink fit By
now"
Forget it! Well have Emily
Ann begging your pardon on bendet
knee before we're through"
He propped the door Of his room
open with book, and laid his pur
chases out on the table. the precious
bottle occupying an open space al
its own. After that. they did no
, bother to talk. Bowen set to worl
and Mary watched. absorbed. Th'
thumb print came up clearly. tn
others were, as he had said, to,
faint to be of much good.
Presently he raised flushed. per
spring countenance and said dra
: matically. "Now!" He laid on tn
table the sheet Of paper containing
) the fingerprints obtained from th
gun. Beside it he placed a finge,
r print chart and magnifying glass
1 Occupying the place Of honor stoo
;. the whisky.bettle. erect, its powder
!. blackened sides showing a variet
Of finger-smudges.
t He bent his eye to the magnify
t ing glass, moving 1t from one
| the other. back and forth.
!, "I'm no expert" he said, at las
t "but il those thumb-prints aren
j. identical, I'll eat 'em. I'll get a
: experts opinion on 1t. II you war
g 1t. The boys in the identificatio
bureau will do it for me-"
t "Do it. will you?" she aske
t eagerly. II accept your word. bu
v we must be absolutely certain"
d fright. Tomorrow. without fai
e Well. Miss Sherlock Holmes, let
0 shut up shop for tonight"
He removed a pile of clean shirt
Y from a dresser drawer. laid his G.
/. hibits carefully away in the cmpt
r. drawer. locked it, and they we1
out.
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ing its defeat in the Chamber of
Deputies.
The Socialists refused to support
the government.
The crisis came in the night during
a debate over the governments lack
of firmness in dealing with the Bolo
PaSha scandals.
Georges Clemenceau, heading new
government, formed new cabinet
within 48 hours, establishing speed
record.
In addition to the premiership,
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GRANITE CEMENT

OOS<A1NxxE VEV1EVI
Experimenting with a combination
OF magnesium oxide and magnesium
chloride, DR.. Howard s. Lunkens, of
the University Of Pennsylvania. has
produced a cement with a tensile
strength of 1000 pounds per square
inch. It is as hard as granite.
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
trend of thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-13

PAINLEVE RESIGNATION
On Nov. 13, 1917, after go days of
existence, the Painleve ministry of
France was forced to resign follow
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Farrell's Aid in Golf.

THE huge gallery of golf fans which
follows Johnny Farrell over every
course he plays has been extended to the
millions who attend the motion picture
theaters of the world. Farrell has just
completed series Of championship play
ing for Pathe Pictures produced by
Terry RamSaye and directed by Clyde
Elliott.
The series was made on the famous
st. Augustine, Fla, Club course. In
it Farrell demonstrates every intricate
shot he ever made to win a frightening
list of cups and medals. The pictures
are said to offer a visual and audible
course of instruction to the golf fan,
and screen entertainment as well.
Farrell will play against the English
professional aces in June as a member
Of American Ryder Cup team.
After winning the United States
open championship in 1928, he dis
tinguished himself as the runner up IN
the British open championship the fol-
lowing year. In 1929 he also was run
ner up in the national professional
championship. Last year he won. and
still retains, the New York State open
championship.
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woman. In either case Pirandello seems
to argue that reality" depends on In
tenSity of believe are what we are,
only in the love and belief of those ex-
ternal to our physical selves.
Compared with such Sinuous and
semi-mystical ingenuities as some Of the
earlier Pirandello plays, CAS- You Desire
Me" Is melodramatic, external and
rather lacking In the true pang. But
Miss Anderson is eloquent and always
something to see. She wears superb
robes Of the sort which used to be so
fashionable in the days of Olga Neither
sole and Mrs. Leslie Carter-a touch Of
the Bernhard tradition-and she is one
OF those who can wear them She de-
claims the emotional speeches with fine
authority and does about all that can
be done with an essentially stacy role
to make it sympathetic and moving.
The others are $3.50, but for Mr.. Jose
Ruben, who is excellently natural and
persuasive as the faithful dog Of q por-
trait painter But neither playing nor
furnishings conceal the fact that in this
piece Mr.. Pirandello is not quite at his
best.
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They Like Washington.

WHEN Stoddard Taylor, manager Of
w the Shubert- BelaSco Theater, COM
pleted arrangements with his New York
Office for the return engagement OF
BIRD In Hand" he received an ava
lanche CT letters from members Of the
company, filled to overflowing with en-
thusiasm at the anticipation of another
visit to Washington.
The production of BIRD in Hand" on
these shores gave to almost all these
English players their first glimpse OF
America, and there was a great discus
sion among them as to which was the
mast interesting city Of the many they
had visited. New York and Chicago
of course, came in for their share of
popularity, but there was not one dis
Senting voice when the comment was
made that washington was their most
memorable engagement.
Their short stay here during the
Christmas holidays afforded them only
hurried trips to the many places of
interest, so for this week Mr.. Taylor
has arranged several motor trips for
them, that they may carry back to
their beloved England the same happy
memories Of this country that he
brought with him upon his return two
years ago after an ideal Summer spent
tramping the highways and byways Of
their country.
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Urban Designs for Movies.

JOSEPH URBAN, famous architect
and scenic designer of the theater,
is now making his influence felt in mo-
ton pictures. to which he has returned
after an absence of several years
The addition of sound, it is said has
served only to stimulate his unlimited
originality, and in talking pictures he
has introduced many new theories
which at once proved their worth.
After the construction of q modern
studio and workshop of his own design
at Fox Movietone City, he introduced
the idea of building miniature sets for
the guidance of the director and his
staff before the actual ones are erected.
Urban draws all the sketches; his men
draw up the plans and make the tiny
models. When finished these are COM
plete in every detail, furniture, pictures
and props. From this director may
see exactly how his set will look and
may plan his camera angles and his
action.
Motion picture sets should be SYM
bolic of the moods Of the story" Urban
explains. 1.-The setting should be part
of the drama.
"It is important that the scenery re-
fleet accurately the period in which a
scene Is laid, but it is even more i'm
portant that it should feel the heart
of drama"
Another of Urban's theories, Is espe-
cially interesting:
at try to prove to directors that you
cannot fix up q corner with a table
shoot it with your camera and make
| it feel like living room. And you
cannot have q lot of corners stuck
here and there and photograph them
SO that the audience will feel that they
are parts Of house that people really
| live in.
mo. You must first get your stair
case and make it the center. Around
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Ben Lyons Ups and Downs

DEN LYON, young star in "Alaoh,"
- the big South Sea production at
the Rialto Theater, was born in At
lanta, Ga.
For nine months he worked as an
extra in the Famous Players studios.
Pictures did not 60 so wen with him, SO
he turned his attention to the stage and
secured a part in Seventeen" He was
quite successful and next secured the
Juvenile lead opposite Jeanne Eagles In
1.-THE Wonderful Thing" Then he
turned to pictures again and received a
real role in 1.-THE Heart of Maryland"
a Vitagraph production. Then he went
on tour in Three Live Ghosts" and on
his return to New York he was engaged
to create the leading role in Sun Up"
1t was when he joined Jessie Bon
stelle's stock company in Buffalo. how
ever, he says, his experience led to final
success.
He became a real star after his APP
pearance in Flaming Youth" when
First National signed him for five years.
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Coming Attractions
MARIAN MARSH,

has been heard here in concerts and
at church entertainments with her
brother. She will sing while Mr. Rode
HEAVIER plays his trombone and both
will sing together. Will Rogers once
said that Rodenhaver is the fellow who
has led more terrible voices in what
was supposed to be unison than any
other man in the world. 1t wouldn't
be at all surprising if he should have
the entire audience in Constitution
Hall singing with him before the night
is over. That is his way Of doing
things.
Principal interest, naturally, centers
on Seth Parker" who Is Phillips H.
Lord in real life, for this will be his
first appearance in Washington. He
will appear both in character role and
as plain Mr.. Lord. Uncle Abe" is
another of his radio roles which COM
mands following second only to the
old Yankee rural philosophy whose
song sings" are known from coast to
coast You Go to Your Church and
I'll Go to Mine" one Of Mr.. Lord S
most popular hymns" is certain to
find place on the program.
"POWDER PUFF REVUE"
NEXT weeks attraction at the Gayety
Theater is called the Powder Puff
Revue. II IS featured proouctlon OF
the Mutual Wheel circuit and repre-
sents the resources Of modern bur
leSque.
A top line act IS contributed by the
Boylans, formerly of George Whites
Scandals, entitled 1.-The Mechanical
Dolls" Among the prominent princi-
pals are Jean Williams, Midgie Bran
don, Irving Selig, Lou Powers, Leonard
Kramer and Harry Allen.
"DRACULA," February %.
"DRAcULA," the vampire mystery
- play, is coming to the BelaSco
Theater for week, beginning Monday,
February %.
AS a thriller, "Dracula" Is called
super" There is something that stirs
the Imagination strangely In this melo-
dramatic adaptS ton of Bran Stoker's
famous novel of 40 years ago.
Mr.. Stoker accepted the vampire idea
as both possible and plausible and
handed it on to his readers in huge
chunks. The melodrama based on his
book largely follows his. idea.
The cast includes Courtney White,
Arnold DAILY, William Melville, william
Olathe Miller, Maurice Morris, Edward
Forbes, Marcella Gaudel and Alfredo
Sill.
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Likes the Bard's Ladies.

"a CTRE6SES for the most part fall
"A into two categories-those whose
ambition it Is to play the great
dramatic" roles of Hedda Gabler,
Magda or Lady Macbeth. and those
whose ambition it is to play the great
roles of infinite charm-Juliet. Viola
and Rosalind.
Jane 'Cowl confesses to belonging to
the latter class, and ever since she be-
gan to act she has wanted to play all
three that mark her classification.
The three are not alike and yet they
all have one common quality-that OF
enlisting ones tenderest sympathy. Jul
lets love touches the heart more deeply
and sounds an intense minor key that
is absent from the delicious gaiety and
improbable romance Of the other two
but all three are such gentle and sweet
girls TINS one thinks Of them as sisters
who hav@ been separated In wideiyf Htf-
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that you arrange your rooms, your liv-
ing room, dining room, the nursery
And they must be placed SO that each
bears relation to the story"
Joseph Urban becomes so absorbed in
his work that he often forgets to eat.
It is not unusual for him to spend 18
hours a day in his studio. He has
created the settings for as many as 40
silent pictures.
Just when we thought we were get
ting to a point where we could really
create-bangl The talkies came and
we start at the bottom again. They
are still in the baby stage, but they
are growing more interesting. A few
more years and we may be able to do
something-unless another invention,
television perhaps. sends us back to
the beginning again."