The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1922, Page 4

a i} . GEORGE D. MANN - - - - jet PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK. TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE| Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as ‘Second | Class Matter. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE: COMPANY CHICAGO DETROIT Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. | PAYNE, BUENS AND SMITH NEW YORK, - . MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Fress is exclusively entitled to the use | for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper’ and also the local | news published herein, All rights of republication of special are also reserved. OE MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANGE Daily by carrier, per year......+++.+- Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) "7.20 | Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck)... 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota..........+++ 6.00 | THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) fa OLD-TIMER RETURNS Sauerkraut, after long interment as.an alien} enemy, is coming back into popularity strongly. | So strongly, in fact, that it is the sensation of the: food trades. Those who dislike German chop-suey will sniff! and say, “ ‘Strongly is right!” Nevertheless, the return of the snoiival. no; longer known as liberty cabbage, is refreshing | * news.in;this madhouse age of conferences, blocs, ; agendas, reparations and parleys. It’s another indication of recovery from the war and return to normalcy. For normalcy without sauerkraut is as unup- petizing as sauerkraut without frankfurters or spareribs, Internatiénal politics is important—at least, ontil. viewed with the perspective of a long lapse of time. In the long run, changes in a nation’s diet get down deeper into the undercurrents of humanity. {f the Chinese were to stop eating rice, it would infinitely more important than their diplomatic itions with Japan, for it would presage a lower- of the physique of the yellow race, now rising rival the white man. Many @renk. for many thousands of 'years.{ America suddenly kicked John Barleycorn. out. Students 1000 years from now will recognize that | prohibition bi ta far greater change to Amer- icdns.and their: civilization than even Oe World War. ‘The things we ext’ and drink are the engines, good cr bad, that run us. From them come our bodies, much of our mental powers or handicaps, along with virtues and vices. 3 The Russian soldier on military duty. has this for his week’s food: Ten ounces of salt, 7 quarts of beer, 120 ounces of barley, 112 ounces each of meat and black bread and 122 ounces of sauer- kraut. : Dieticians, talking in terms of calories, claim that kraut has a third more food value than chick-| en soup. The real sauerkraut fans, however, are not much interested in calories. They ask few questions when they tackle kraut and its near relatives — pretzels, spareribs, cheese sandwiches and beer. Possibly the-real reason for sauerkraut’s come- back is the rumor that its juice, at the proper age, has an alcoholic content that comes close to the! Volstead deadline. Or is that just propaganda by) cunning-kraut manufacturers? FALSE If the proposed duty of two cents ‘a. pound is put on Cuban sugar, it will bar Cubans from Amer-| ican niarkets and they’ll have to sell their sugar in cther countries. This is the argument floating | in Cuba. It’s wrong. Americans last year consumed 4,- 266,755 tons of sugar. Only 1,246,538 tons of this were grown in America. The balance had to be imported, and it will continue to be imported, re- gardless of tariffs or prices, for sugar is a neces- sity. G Consumers would pay the tariff, just as they paid the exorbitant prices’ when the sugar hoard- ers were running amuck. SEALSKIN The great herd of 2,500,000 seals in the north-| ern Pacific was reduced to less than 125,000 by indiscriminate slaughter. Result: ably are paying as much for Hudson seal—dyed muskrat—as they would be paying for genuine | sealskin if the seal herds had been protected. Fortunately, government protection of seals now is rigid, and the herd has ‘increased to’! 600,000. ; Man is reckless‘of anything he finds in great quantities. Few of us look into the future, guard- ing against shortage. ELUSIVE Letters, reaching our country from Russia, have 500 stamps on each envelope. ruble was at par. The buying power of our dollar fluctuates sim- nothing was cosier to sit in, under piled buffalo ilarly, though on much smaller scale. We need many things financially. Most of all, Fifth Ave. Bldg. | Women prob- | The stamps are lights are nervous. worth 2000 rubles—more than $1000 when. the! GHOSTS OF 1315, The year 1928 may be “destined to repeat some- jthing like the experienees of 1815, the year of the Editor worst and most general harvest failure known in | |European history.” | England gets this prophetic warning in the | imagazine published hy the Royal Economic So-| ‘ciety of London. f The prophet is Sir William Henry Beveridge, | ‘famous economist. jing the possibility of “lean years” in 1924, 1925 dispatches herein | oy 1926, Now he moves the date back a year and points | |to “1928 as likely to be distinguished by excessive | ‘rain, cold and bad harvests in western Europe and , to bring high prices and scarcity in 1924.” i | Beveridge hasn’t been consulting a ouija board | jor clairvoyant. \ For years he analyzed wheat prices from the. lyear 1500 onward. He found that wheat prices lrun in cycles, the peaks recurring at intervals of | 15 1/3 years. Barring the big war that comes about every 50! iyears, when the people have saved up enough to, \finance it, wheat-price peaks are‘the result of crop, i shortage, generally due to bad weather. ' | Bad weather, unfavorable to crops, seems to| jrepeat every 15 1/3 years, almost as aheuratels | ‘and unfailingly as the striking of a good clock. The year 1800 had one of these, bad-weather ‘eyeles, accompanied by a severe crop’ failure’ and famine. Next in line for large-scale disaster is| ithe year 1923, aceording:to Economist Beveridge. | iHle dovsn’t guarantee his prophecy. What he wants is that farmers and students of economics [put their thinking-caps on. i Pharaoh had a dream. Joseph interpreted it correctly. Seven years ‘of “plenty were followed by seven lean years. vey That gave a period of 14 years, remarkably iclose to the 15 1/3 years cycle discovered by Bev- eridge. During the fat years, Joseph and Pharaoh |stored up surplus grain and sold it during the} seven years of famine. ,, Farmers might ponder this: Maybe a benevo- lent providence has been swamping us with bum- per crops, to enable us; to store! the surplus for {lean years in Europe or even in our own country. “And the famine was over all the face of the sarth: and Joseph opened ‘all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. And all the countries came into Egypt to Joseph:for to buy corn; be- cause that the famine was so sore in all lands.” : JURIES a) | A: jury, hearing a prohibition case in Brooklyn, iN. Y., was permitted by the judge to sample the evidence. This precedent is said to have cut in half the number of men asking to be excused from jury duty. ; The procedure is not without benefit to a boot- jleeger. One of them had his case nolled recently in a western town because the police had drunk up the evidence. Ls EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are presented bere in order that our readers may bave both sides of important issues |] “which are being discussed in the presa of the day. : “THEM STEERS”. ARE FAMOUS ~~... i It happened that, the Otter Tail County Fair |association of Minngsota, in order to, celebrate! |with a realistic pageant the semi-centennial of the city of Fergus Falls, recently required. some- \thing that could have been found, fifty years ago, on any regular farm, but‘which today they had to ‘relic was discovered, the Minnesota farmers gazed lypon it gleefully—a quaint curiosity! The coun- try folk regarded it with that dutiful indifference with which people view museum exhibits, What |was this rarity? A team of oxen. ~ | We shall probably never have anything like joxen in the United States again. They are gone, and our landscape is the loser.’ Oxen were a tri- lumph of leisurely submissiveness. Not only did ithey serve from sunrise to sunset and take their beatings gratefully, but they were calm, pleasant creatures, whose urges came from the outside lonly. Thev went with meadow scenes. Perhaps no one who has not watched a motor-driven plough ;Droceeding with uproar and agitation across the April fields can understand hod sad a thing is the \disappearance of oxen. Ox carts were romantic. They locked like pictures on calendars. Oxen were jneaceable. It was strengthening to touch them. |Nobody feels warmed and strengthened from teuching a Ford tractor. | They are gone, and so are lanterns. Lanterns were cheerful and golden-flamed companions. |Where they flickered, the electric light glares with imbecile steadiness, or goes suddenly and treach- jerously out. They were calm. Electric flash- No lanterns anv more. And no pung sleighs! | | As far back as two years ago, he began predict. | pursue the country over. And when ‘at last this FF | i i i CHRIST” WiaTH HIS SON, BY MILTON BRONNER London, Feb. 7.—Five hundred thou-, sand dollars runs into many millions of marks at present rates of exchange. But an offer of that amount by American movie producers has been spurned by the God-fearing villagers of Oberammergau, Bavaria, though they are all but ruined by the war, the revolution and post-war ecorjamic troubles. The American movie producers wanted exclusive rights to ram the famous Oberammergau Passion Play. The villagers thought acceptance of the offer would be commercializing their holy, drama. The Passion Play will be enacted on the huge stage at Oberammergau next May; just. as: it’ has. been per- formed every 10 years since 1863, This. information comes to me di- rect from,Oberammergau and should set at regt.the wil? rumors that have been cuggent jto the effect that no Passion’.Play would he given. yumors were based on the supposition that the, villagers feared by national ly at war th the old players the countries Germany, “and could not per ie It is true ‘that if away fromthe Passfon Play, it would spell ruin’ for almost every family in Oberammergau. ‘For .the ‘savings of the whole’ village aye. thrown into the production: But there’s no danger cf such mis- fortune this year, “Already’more than 60,000 japplications for seats have been received’ fidm Americans. and Eng- lishmen. Le Cri de Paris; a flippant French anti-German weekly, recently sai “The ‘Holy Virgin’ has marr ‘Christ’ married far from Oberammer- gau; ‘Judas,’ a’ private soldier, fell be- fore Verdun, and ‘Joseph’ a fervent communist, was killed at Rosenheim by the white guards.” There’s only one element of truth in all that, Ottilie Zwink, who played Mary in 1910, was married the following year. Here is the cast, as it is officially announced: Christ .. Anton Lang Peter . . Andreas Lang Judas . » Guido Mayr Sebastian Lang mter John eitsamter Caiaph Hugo Rutz Pilate jams Mayr Mary . Martha Veit Mary Magda . Paula Rendl George Lang, a sculptor, will act as director. Nearly 700 will take part. One hundred and twenty-two will have sp rts. het ha be 58 m s shifters, 6 Most of the players in everyday life are farmers or wood carvers. Anton Lang, impersonatot of Christ, is a potter. Passion Players Turn Down $500,000 U.S. Movie Offer EEE EEE SENSES . Principals in Oberammergau Passion Play LEFT TO RIGHT, ABOVE: PAULA RENDL, IMPERSONATOR OF MARY MAGDALENE; ANTON LANG, | KARL; MARTHA VEIT, ‘JOHN;” ANDREAS LANG, “PETER” GUIDO MAYR, “JUDAS. BE . And let my heart grow weary; i “MARY.” BELOW:, MELCHIOR BREITSAMTER, | SPHE PHILOSOPHER (Florence Borner.) { When skies are gray, and rain falls down, | And all the world seems dreary, I do not moan or sigh and frdwn, - Because the-weather’s made, you see For other folks, along with me. | So when there comes a drizzling rain, | | | | | | \ | | band into the ‘drown her troubles, « | the rinee is still a tie, If we could only leave the income , tax blank that way. Two divided by one equals divorce. What is so rare as a June day in | February,? 2. “Congress Upset"—neadline. 'Nut- | ural for it to turn turtle. All the world shoves a shover. rope won't he settled. until her The woman who pushed her hus- river was trying te Brag on her cooking. A lot of us wouldn’t be content w:tn Health hint: our lot even if it was a lot. A dream is a nightmare, when she has her hair rolled Up. One: argument. agaiast making tie | year have 13 months is the first will ; come too often. The way to feel at home i to stay i there. Tenant song: If the landlord raises rent—we can't. Women | because they | detectives are increasing are good lookers, Weuldn’t it be great if you could send the dishes to the, laundry? rr A Missouri cqunty, Jast,.year had 160 weddings.and,.160 divorces. Mar- Fine motto: Think of others as you joule nave others think of you. The best way--to find your missing kinfolks is to get. rich. Southern police wish all the rob- bings would go north. ctators remained | %, Hence she’s ineligible for that part this year. But “Judas"—Johann Zwink—was not killed in the war. And Anton Lang, Christ of 1910...and 1900, will play in the same role again this| ear. i And farmers’ faces Because without the There’d be no bread The things which so ‘ ; Berhaps, like’ moistu | ‘ADVENTURE oF THE TWINS | By Olive Barton Roberts The pasty’mun ‘had a lovely party and ‘the. queer little candy and ¢ and fruit fa s were ever so kind to Nancy and Nick. After awhile there was speaking and they all sat down in yows to hear. The first one to the peanut, whicl: ake a speech was id this: , | “Oh, hi diddle diddle! I'll ask you-a riddle. Can anyone tell where’ 1 grow.? Do I grow on a tree, or an island at sea, Or up sertii in tre ive und the snow? Do I grow like potatoes way under ground, Or like strawberries red cn a vine, Or on plants like tomatoes so smooth and so round, . Or like cones on an‘evergreen pine? Qh, hi diddle diddte! Please answer my riddle. 1 really have done nry best, | EVERETT TRUE While other-folks are pining, I see the fields of golden grain, shining; “ rain, you see for you and me. ‘And thus it is thruout this life, displease: us, And cause us worry, care and strife, And‘in‘all manners tease us, re from ‘the skies Are blessings sent us in disguise, SO Nance And [hope /you will look in your: pea- nut book, If the answer you haven't guessed. a The peanut made a stiff bow and saw down, No one applauded or clap- thee: ped his hands because they were all busy trying to think of the answer. The little chocclate drop fairies) cathe out next. in white frilly petti- coats of plaited paper and sang a} song with a ¢horus which went like this: “We're plain as to feature, We're dark as to skin, We're fat and we're lumpy, We long to be thin, But, right down inside, us, Our hearts are all right, They're soft and they're spotless, They're sweet and they’re white. Our friends count in millions From north to the south, And we fit in quite nicely, To anyone's mouth.” Nan Nick said please not to mention it. But there were more speeches to! be said and Buskins said it was had manners to talk even if it were com-, pliments they were making. (Copyright, 1922, NEA Service.) ARR eee RSS AAT ads PRECURSOR NN IO ROPING MEER ATO BY CONDO CiKke THAT! ao" TEC rou" THAT A Service. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 7.—If there are people on Mars, we'll be talking with thém soon via wireless But the only language we can make them understand will be the univ i language of music, says Ferenc Vec- sey, Hungaran violinist. And Vecsey wants to be the inter preter. “Rhy thm abourds throughout crea- tion,” Vecsey says. “It can be made to express all human emotions. if music could be flung to Mars on wire- ‘less waves, we could converse with | that planet.” \Nothing can cut the drifts like the old pung, and robes, especially with a soapstone. Now, with a| ‘blackening of silver ruts, and sputtering and) EAGLE Talloring ane Hat Works we need some way of keeping the value of buying haste, we see a motor-propelled straw ride coming Reduction in prices ‘in pressing ladies’ power of the dollar; from changing. done. Not: yet. Someone will discover it. It can bejanxicusly down the road, Oh, burlesque of Win-| iter’ 3 Tale—New York Evening Post. : | nto | and men’s clothing. Dry Cleaning. Call for and Deliver. Phone 58 Bismarck, N. D. 4) Unusual Stories _ ‘|! Abount Unusual People |, —- ANO THEN THEY PAiss LAWS MR, TRE, I WANT IN THIS (COUNTRY PERSONAL GBERTY IS A JOKE — iss IT FROM ae i eae said it’made her hungry aha! { Chicago ‘man. given ten years for | Having two. wives will enjoy the rest. The best scenery isn’t along the Toad to success. 4 The man who-has.a machine: that makes 312 miles an hour ought to get to work on time. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY ~- | Let not merey and truth fersake bind them. about: thy necks write them: upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thow find favor and wood understanding in the sight ot | God and mun.—Proverbs 3:3, 4. If you wculd be heard at all my lad, | Keep a laugh in your heart and throat; |For those who are deaf to accents sad | Are alert to the cheerful note. {Keep hold on the cord of laughter’s bell; | Keep aloof from the moans that mar; The sounds of a sigh don’ carry well, | But the lilt of a laugh rings far. —Strickland W. Gillilan. |. EVERY DAY | |, LEARN A WORD | Today’s wort is ‘DIDACTIC, It’s pronounced—di-dack-tick with accent on the second syllable. | It means—instructive, aiming to teach, conveying a moral lesson. 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