The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1920, Page 4

SST e athe oie He tis tte é e us GE FOUR . « , {THE BISMARCK [TRIBUNE the same general process. Uncle Sam has been Class. Matter, GEORGE D. MANN. tor plus fee, for sending a British pound worth less than $4 to England by international money-order. These customers could have gone to a bank and bought a pound draft: at the prevailing rate, Foreign Representatives a G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY DETROIT CHICAGO Marquette Bldg. : . Kresgé Bldg.) about a dollar cheaper than the postal price. Same NEW yoRE™ INE, sue ae atte ‘Ave. Bldg.| With French francs.’ Same with Italian money. | Moreover, the people who went to the post The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the tse otice and sent these postal money-orders were for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise e cited in this paper and also the local news published| people who didn’t know much about finance and ‘Ail rights of publication of special dispatches herein are| ¢Xchange and who trusted Uncle Sam. flso reserved. ’ MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION | government? You OUGHT to know how it’s SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE | done f Daily by carrier, per year $7.20 : Daily by mail, per year (i Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota........... THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPE (Established 1878) } SLANG SLINGING Every once in awhile the reactionaries of lang- uage declare a pogrom against slang. Yet slang is still slung. During the recent visit of a royal couple to America, they were-accorded*a reception by one} of our great cities, at which reception, of course, it became the duty of the mayor and his lady to officiate. The king was appreciative and sympathetic. Thus his royal highness: “I can readily imagine that the diversified du- ties of administration of so great a modern com- mercial metropolis, such as yours, Mr. Mayor, are at once critical, acute and,compelling, involving, I feel sure, a greater degree of capacity and adaptability. to circumstances than the merely perfunctory exercise of, preogative, such as my station requires.” The queen, delicately sensing the parity of, sex VISIT AMERICA One hundred editors and newspaper propriet- ors from Great Britain and her self-governing colonies are gathering in Canada. They will hold a conference at Ottawa, the first week in August, and later will tour the country. Nothing would contribute better to more cordial relations among the English-speaking nations than an extension of the delegates’ visit to the United States. Several invitations, have been sent from Amer- ica to Ottawa, but the journalists want to keep on British soil. An open invitation to Americans to attend the Ottawa conference, however, is be- ing accepted in many parts of the United States. The English-speaking tie is strong ‘enough to} in America, turned graciously to the mayor's wife draw American newspapermen’ to Ottawa, It and added her word. ought in turn to draw the British journalists to] «Ang I am sure that while the official and exe- this country. tutive duties of the mayor may seem the more Never before has there been so admirable a} onerous and responsible, yet in reality, the scope chance for the makers of public opinion in the] and complexity of social duties required of the. British Empire to exchange view-points with the} mayor’s wife demand a finesse and a savior faire makers of public opinion in the United States.) which are attainable only by the most insistent What such a group can accomplish in interna-} and sensitive devotion to her exalted position.” tional ‘relations is without limit. Rulers, minis-| The mayoress was touched almost to tears by ters ‘and legislatures are themselves, directed by} this quick and sympathetic appreciation of her the public opinion which the newspapers create.| delicate position, and gazing straight into the It would be deplorable if the present opportun-| eyes of her royal highness, she responded ferv- ity for increasing Anglo-American friendship ently: -! were missed. “Queen, you said a chinful Now, while there will, be some ‘hypercritical purists who will deride the answer of the mayor- ess, we defy anyone to deny its succinctness, its piquancy and its adequateness. U / It goes straight to the point, it brings a breath TWENTY-ONE—PLUS ‘of freshness tothe diplomatic atmosphere and it Leave it to the women of Kansas. They propose| remains indelibly. impressed. upon the memory. to emancipate their sex in another way. Remem¢} The queen’s well-meant words are heard, or read, ber the sniggering election official who insists on] and’ instantly forgotten. Not'so those of Mrs. knowing woman’s exact age when she appears to] Mayor. . We venture to say that her -stifring register or vote? “The women of Kansas propose] phrase. will be pleasantly. remembered in royal to sit down on him! They havé sat‘ down upon] closets and palaces of state long after the ad- him. dresses of welcome and, diplomatic ‘hyperboles Out in Topeka they’have formed the “21—Plus”| have vanished as the breath of the yesterdays club. And with two determined women as origin-| which bore them. ‘ ators, the idea bids fair to sweep the country| “I came, I saw, I conquered.” where election officials ask impertinent details} ‘Up guards, and at them!” relative, to women’s ages. “I’m 21 and oyer,” “LaFayette, we are here!” : club members believe is enough for booth Officials} “Queen, you said a chinful!” \ to know. The attorney general of the state of : Kansas says so, too. He’s given the girls a ruling to that effect. And the dlub is growing “by leaps and bounds,” as the saying is. ~ “When Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, writer and politician, was refused registration because she réfiised to divulge her exact age, she, figuratively, “went to the mat” with a nosy official. ‘Then, with Mrs, Lee Monroe.of the Kansas Woman Law- yers’ association, she secured a ruling that’ it was not necessary to give ages other than proof or oath that the registrant was over 21. And the club thrives! And the women win! Note for bachelors: Princess Braganza, $10,- 000,000 widow, has: reached this country. She buried her fourth husband last February. * The ouija board the War Department is using to locate Bergdoll must be a fake. A pretty Chicago woman shot a man because he refused to kiss her. ~ She'll be acquitted. , . ati tei it If Greece finishedslicking Turkey some other country would soon lick Greece/for what she got out of Turkey, / “40 - Earthquakes will solvel{the’ labor ‘problem in southern California: There's nothing like 4 trembler once or twice a week to shake the oranges off the trees: Like Einstein’s theory, there are only a dozep mental giants alive who can understand how Charlés Ponzi made millions in international stamps. / ' EDITORIAL REVIEW ; - Comments reproduced ne trigune, They are pees | not ex] 16 in! 1e une, = PONZI—WIZARD : ented here in order chat our readers may have Both / Consider the case of Charles. Ponzi, Boston|| Sete cP the ay . money wizard, who reached out and took—so he = says—$8,500,000 from somebody for his. own RIDICULING FLAG ETIQUETTE pocket in eight months, to say nothing of the} ‘The people of this community, or any other money he made for “investors.” | American community, need not make a fétish of First off, you have to admire Charles Ponzi’s| the flag or the national anthem in order to be cleverness. patriotic,” says the Williams County Farmers’ He bought money, at tremendous discounts and| Press, a Nonpartisan league servitor of Williston, had it sent back to America in money orders or] N. D., commenting on a statement relative to International Reply Coupons which he was able] patriotic etiquette issued by a committee of the to cash in at par. He turned to his own advant-| local. American legion. ®They need not remove age the failure of the various governments to] their hats,” it continues, “or hold them over their keep pace in.their money-order regulations with| hearts or shoulders, or stand on the heads when}. the movements of exchange. | a flag goes by or the band plays the ‘Star Spangled Pretty shrewd. : Banner.’ ” So he was—but when you have said that, you All of which may be perfectly true, but it is have said about all there is to be.said for Charles| worthy of note that people and newspapers who Ponzi. * y : find it of interest. to make such comment on a ’ Rockefeller amassed millions—but he produced] properly reverential.custom are invariably of the oil. Carnegie amassed millions and .turned out} rat-eyed persuasion who-are always at outs with mountains of steel. The list is long. the peaceful and patriotic citizens of a community Ponzi amassed millions and produced nothing.| such as are represented by posts of the American He did let a handful of people in on his get-rich-| legion. Of course, the devout loyalty of the Wil- quick scheme, but aside from these investors and] liams County Farmers’ Press is assumed, but in his own shrewd self, he has done the world no] these stirring days of the world’s need and ‘the, good. .And some debt-burdened country or coun-|high cost of print paper what is the particular tries have to foot the bill. . “+ {end to be gained in devoting newspaper space to He is the least desirable variety of money-mad an assault on patriotic ceremony in general and money-maker. <4 to ridicule of the great body of good American However—the U. S. government, which is now] people who proudly subscribe to such tokens of same time, bragging of having made millions by | #—e—e—e—e—-—.—=—1)—»— TRYING TO B. Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second) charging the customers of his post office $4.86 qye—e—m—ememe ewe ee Why all the “Investigation,” gentlemen of the f \ Protection of the People Is Aim! ‘of Laws Passed Regarding How frantically “investigating” Mr. Bonsi, ig, at the, patriotic esteem?—Ste-Raul:Digpatch, 9.0% 3(2¢))) penatial BAUSEMENT IVE GOT A STRONG BONE IN MY BACK, I cAN CARRY A PER- TAXES WHALE cr ee i) MA PATIENT ab BEAST, BUT MY LOAD IS INCREASED ori (M Fe EA NEAR RES PACK: ‘3s il) PHARMACEUTICAL _ LEGISLATION FOR THE GOOD OF ‘THE PUBLIC Drug Trade the people in’ some way. , Look for a°moment’ at the practice of pharmdcy. “If is not so many years ago that the original laws: regulating the practice. of. pharmacy in: these| northern Mississippi : valley. states |‘* were passed... Prior ito their: enact: ment almost anyone could operate .a, drug store. True,:the would be drug- |: gist served an apprenticeship in some, drug store where he sometimes learn- eda good deal, but sometimes very little and’ there was no standard which must be met and the public was not protected against. incompetence. The first laws which’ were: passed J established commissions of phar- macy whose business it was to exam- ine the candidates as they presented themselves after having fulfilled cer- iain requirements as to experience. If they p: .d the examination success- fully they were issued a certificate of registration which permitted them, to handle drugs. and medicines. This was;the first step to protect the pub- lic from incompetent service and at that time it was 4 ward, but several dt) 0 ance have beén taken since. As time went on examinations became more rigid and examining boards made rul- ings having to qo with preliminary education. The fandidate must have attended grammar School and high school for a stated number of years, Colleges of pharmacy were establis! ed and many went there to study. The greatest advance of recent years when law: ected which require dates must be graduates of reputable colleges of pharmacy before they may present themselves to examining. boards. These reputable colleges are demanding graduation from high school for entrance so that a.druggist must have a high school must have two or more years in col lege and two or more years -experi- one in ‘ istered. , whhd yet it is not too much, ~What- ever these laws and {regulations may, have done for the selves the public. should know that the | aim was to safeguar, great’ step for- hers of import- all has come in s have been e! that , all candi. 1 education, drug store before he can b® ‘druggists them: Gives Comfort to Expectant Mothers By making clastic the muscles, duting the anxious months before maternity, | Mother’s Friend rendérs the ligaments _ pliant for expansion as the system Is, fore preparing coming event. How natural the: a the new. dawn: is looked to in happy anticipation. Mother's Friead is td externally Atall Driggists. Special Booklet on Motherhood and Baby free. Regainter Co. THE CAMEL’S BA | EXCEss i "TAXES \ : et (ay, REVENVE TAXES Weather-Lore Not All Fake The vagariés of the mythical “weath- er clerk” are not, in the opinion of |p. W. Homer, writing in Meteorology, generally} books direct from the publishers, He maintains that the following rules are founded on. facts although he withholds the main fact— to which part, of the. world do th If rain’ commences. before da, it wi] hold up before 8 a. m.; If; it. begins about noon, it. will con- tinue through the afternoons, if it commences after 9 p. m., it-wIH pain} given the’ next’ day if It clears ‘off’ In the] tlustrative and iadvertising art, many} nightiit will rain'the nextday; {f the] of the visitors*studying the display for| windlis ifrom. the northwest or south- west, the storm’ will be short; if from] fact the lbrarian’ states that’ the book- “the ‘northelist, ‘it will bea hard one;| cover poster row has been responsible} ‘tf from the dorthwest, a cold one, and from ‘the southwest, ‘a warn) one. it ceases after.12.m:, it will \rain' next” day; if iticeases. be! be clear next ‘day. s 5 p. ms, It will rain through the‘night.} when she sets her mind to it, Aunt If rainiig between 8 aid 9 a/m., ity Bertha was asked to try her luck at Swill) go.on till noon, and {f/not then] getting connected with the spirit of ceasing will go on_till evening.” protect each human being from mis- takes and to give him the very best service. Is it not plajn to thoughtful people that these! various advance- «; ments in|. educational \ requirements | mean a more intelligent: service. In the years to come no doubt fur-| ther advances must be maie for: phar- macy must keep abreast of the needs of the time. \What ever changes may be in store. the public may -be: sure that they will mean better and more intelligent, service. The statement of ‘a prominent Southern educator ‘that all the pharmaceutical legislation. ii his state had been for the good of the public is just as true Here. i ST JOKING SS The Fairy Tale. Teller. Mrs: Carrie Chapman Catt said in a debate ‘on divorce: “Too many marriages are like that of young Mrs. Lushington. “As Mrs. Lushington tosset fro one night the clock struck three, and the voice of a little child came plaintively from a crib. » ‘Mamma!’ it said. \ enerally do people know that|{., all the laws ‘which regulate. the prac; tice of the various professions like medicine, law, dentistry, engineering, or hursing have been passed for their benefit? They may have benefitted the men and women of the profession also, but. primarily they were for-the public.good. ,.The aim. was to protect fore 12° ns, it, will If it begins about 0 Mental Atmosphere. Take time to stud your_own desirgs. why; then by the simp! selection and gradually evolve for your present condition, It wil! change %s your mental life changes tell you, I saw it with my own eyes. Butsdo not try to impose the results| Uncanny, it really was. There seems of your experiments on. someone else, ! for what might rest and Insp with your individual interests;and am might irritate sbmeone else} chance that she may; be. able to get Beeauge of, the large part that “previcns association »practice.—Dorothy Parker in the plays in the Interpretation of\any sense] urday Evening Post. stimulus, in any attempt to create 2 f “‘Mamma, I can’t sleep. ‘Won’t you please tell me a fairy story, mamma, “ ‘Wait, my. love” said Mrs. Lush- ‘Your father will soon be home now, and he will tell us both one.’ "—Detroit, Free Pre a. Piazza—Did_ Molly’s father you to, call again? Gorizia—Nope, he dared me to— Notre Dame, Juggler." Two girls wanted for table’ ) ly Chocolate Shop. SUP EVERETT. TRUE _ objects. each Individual becomes. a law “Know. thyself.” —Ex By Condo LAPPLICANTS IN. ANSWER * TO AN AD: PAPER. FOR d the people, to/| VLC TAKS L THINK YOU'RE »STRONG To LiIrT A LEDGER, AND Nir, BE ROBBING SOMGS TIAL. INDUSTPN OF A G, BIg. HUSKY A COME. IN, SIR, hy Dep, oy Aanta Gu pal RN ee ALMOST. TOO MUCH TO BEAR No Wonder Maiden Fainted, but Many~ Would Like to Know Just: What f Fireman Said. oo \ The flames shot upwards ;’the smoke curled “in ‘cruel clouds, around the doomed — building; and the brave fire- men fought. Every inhabitant, however, fad been safely brought out. But suddenly a young woman rushed up {0 one of the firemen. “Qh,” she cried, : “save it for’ me! Save it If you can!” She pointed to a second-floor win- dow, and. without. a word the fireman rushed to do her bidding. “How old, was it?” asked’ one of the bystanders. “Only a month!” sobbed the dis- tressed one, “And. look !"—as the fig- | ure of the fireman could be seen com- ' ing down ‘the ladder again. “He has failéd! He’s coming back without it! , Oh, What shall IT do—what shall I do?” The fireman approached. “I'm sorry,” he said, “but I could find no child there.” “Child?” cried the fair maiden, “I > said nothing about a child!” “Then—what was it?” they asked her, “It was my b-b-bicycle!” she sobbed. “Vd only “had it a modth—on the tn- staliment system, too!” And then she fainted, HAS GOOD -ADVERTISING IDEA vi How Librarian in Los Angeles Stimu- lates Pubiic Curiosity in Choice “of New Reading. The idea that everything should be put, to some good use, wherever this Is possible, has been carried out by the librarian of the Franklin high school library and deposit statign of the Los Angeles public library, fn util- izing the covers that come on new About-two dozen of these gayly-colored covers, having the appenrance of small posters, were placed in a row along| the lower edge of the big bulletin board {in the main ‘hall of the library, right! next to pictures taken from illustrated newspaper supplements. The result was thit a good deal of Interest was| the: little exhibition of ‘the| the purpose of taking selections, In! for increasing. the amount of unas- If} signed reading. Aunt Bertha’s Ouija Board. Just to show you what she ¢an do Disraell—we used up Napoleon and the other stock characters the very first week that Aunt Bertha began to ly your own tastes! work the ouija board, and we had to and, find out what t to pleasurably, and le process of} the minute Aunt Bertha put her hands ean| ‘on It, if you will believe me, and when e the right-atmosphere} she asked: “Is this Disraeli?” It im- go in pretty deep to think up new ones. The planchette started to move mediately spelled out “this is him.” 1 to.be nobody whom Aunt Bertha can- not’ make answer her on ‘the ouija. board. There is even a pretty strong Central, after she has had a ljttle more Sat- TN Horse Power and Candle Power. While the horse is rapidly going into the discard as a‘hauler of heavy loads, his successor, the motor truck, is meas- ured by his pulling capacity—and prob- ably will continue Ao He measured by that scale fow-centuries. And the elec- tric lamp, be-it a tiny “night light” or a tremendous glaring affair for street illumination, is measured by what the antedated tallow candle used to be able to do. Very few citizens use candles nowadays—and: yet this -flick- ering. wick is the standard for great ‘ electric institutions all over the world, TOO! ‘MODEST. “Why don't you go into pol- ities?” “Tried it once and didn’t like it.” - “What was the trouble?” “I was too modest, I guess, “Anyhow I never seemed able to- convince anybody, even my- self, that I could fill the office any better than: the other fel- low.” - s“Harness” the River; Jordan. The Palestine Weekly, ‘a Zionist p: per printed in Jerusalem, brings ne ofa project to develop the water pow- er of the river: Jordan. Since Pal- estine is a land without. cual or fuel of any kind, industrial progress de pends largely upon utilizing the pow- er resources of the country. to’ generate electricity. It is’ suggested that the Jorden, thus» harnessed, would sup: ply net only power, light and, heat, but would also work pumps to litigate ex- tensive valley lands now barren.—Liv- i treatment of! ECZEMA, RINGWORM, TETTER @ ether itching skin disesses. Try