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PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1924 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ONE FORM OF MADNESS, By Albert Apple Editorial Review Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are presented here in order that our readers may have both sides of important issues which are pene discussed in the press of the day. Publishers A “boy robber,” arrested, says he staged a score of hold- ups and robberies to get material for magazine stories he intended to write. His idea was to watch the reactions of human nature confronted by a pistol, then work his obser- vations into fiction. 2 ah Unless this lad is kidding the police, he is in earnest. In ee CHICAGO DETROIT ; Marquette Bldg. . Kresge ‘Bldg. P PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - - PURPOSE OF THE NCE’S VISIT } (Chicago Journal of Commerce) Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise entitled in this paper and also the local news pub- lished _ herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION The visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States is a serious’ matter. The prince did not come here because he wanted to. He had no desire to be stared at, rushed around, fawned upon, and{ have his time stolen from him by people who wearied him to death. What he wanted was liberty, and time for a little fun. His choi of Will Rogers for a companion an indication of his actual tastes. which event, he appears to have a form of the malady known as graphomania. " Graphomania is a definite and recognized form of in- sanity. The victim has “the urge to write,” just as the kleptomaniac has “the urge to steal.” \ Unfortunately, the graphomaniac usually turns out noth- ing but drivel. Still more sadly, he occasionally finds a mar- ket for it. In your reading you’ve encountered some terribly punk stuff, which strikes the fancy of lunatics ‘holding edi- tors’ jobs. But what the prince wants and what the prince gets are widely different things. The prince is not his own man. He is England's man. Until he becomes England’s king, he is to be England’s am- ‘bassador at large to the world. The world has taken to the prince for a number of reasons: partly ‘because he is good-looking and ap- parently unspoiled, and partly ‘be- cause there is a legend abroad that he is enjoying himself; for the {world loves a man who seems to SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year.............. Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) oO Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) . Magazines get fiction manuscript by the freight car- load. The writing business is extremely overcrowded. De- spite this competition, there’s always a shortage of “the right stuff.” Most of the flood of stories come from grapho- maniacs. . a It’s debatable whether all writers aren’t graphomaniacs, j even the brilliant, capable and successful ones. For writers i are like other people fundamentally; writing is a business just as much as selling sausages or measuring cloth; and, to succeed, a man has to be more or less of a monomantiac on the subject to which he devotes his time. THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) STATE AGENCY NEEDED The capture of part of a gang of bandits in South Dakota be having a good time. and their confession of their long and widespread activities! And then there is the pre-emi- emphasizes the problem of combatting crime in these days nent reason: snobbishness. The of rapid transportation. A thief may rob, steal an auto-| people eee fie covers ot Nee bile and be far away before his crime is discovered. The fighting one another with tooth mobile a) way s e Is rea. fighting one another with tooth South Dakota bandit gang operated widely, both in North and claw for the privilege of meer- and South Dakota, making long trips in a short time in high-| ing the prince. And these people The human brain never appears more fathomless and mysterious than when you try to figure out what makes one man select, say, coal for concentrating his efforts on, while others focus burningly on ice, oranges, cloth, string, <=, maillions of dollars a year that now is lost by rust. eaeucs ss : y i 5 are simply representative of the d powered cars which they stole. Many stores have been entireucountty: Greatucrowaenol and so on. i 4 robbed and thousands of dollars worth of goods carted away the plain, simple inhabitants of There’s more to it than the fact that the man thinks he quickly in automobiles. this plain, simple, democratic can make money out of the commodity that appeals to him The problem of fighting organized banditry in North Dakota has grown to be more than a local problem. tive work has been done in the organization of vigilance com- mittees, for protection. There has been a decrease in band- jtry since many towns organized for protection. Not many bandits want to walk into a nest of armed marksmen nor attack well protected strongholds. In the detection of crim- inals, however, the local committees are handicapped. Proposal for the establishment of a state force would meet much objection. The necessity for a large, organized force is questionable. The most recent disclosures of bandit activities does, however, emphasize the necessity of a cen- tral authority with adequate funds and power to make long and wide scarches if bandit gangs are to be broken up. 2 A CORRECTION _.Inadvertantly it was stated last evening that four teachers were employed at the Will school to teach seventh and eighth grades. The William Moore school was intended. Those seeking seventh and eighth grade facilities at the Roosevelt have suggested that two of these teachers be ‘transferred to the Roosevelt to teach the seventh and eighth grades which would then give such facilities to the Roose- velt, the William Moore and the Richholt as against the board’s plan to concentrate seventh and eighth grades at the Will making children from east and west ends of the city walk excessive distances to school. DANGEROUS Airplanes at some of the ocean beaches have been flying low over the bathers to throw a scare into them. One ‘woman was severly injured, struck by an anchor or some other object dangling from a rope attached to the plane. It starts us thinking, what a dangerous device the airplane will be in the hands of fools. Autos are bad enough. When airplanes swarm overhead by the thousands, the garbage and clutter that will shower on our heads will be a fright, unless planes are barred from flying over commun- ities. They could be restricted to “air lanes” or roads, flying traffic cops keeping them there. FLOWERS Two flowers, together in a vase, wilt sooner than when kept separately. Flowers like privacy. They express dis- pleasure. They have moods—emotions. Some loathe music —wither and droop near an orchestra. So claims a botanist writing in London Daily Mail. He refers to the more deli- cate, sensitive blossoms. Anyone who has studied plant-life is apt to believe that it even has intelligence. If it’s ever found that plant-life experiences pain, cutting a field of wheat will ethically be on-a par with slaughtering beasts. Referred to Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Plant-life. LOSER Many are worried by the trend of our nation’s foreign trade. In July we bought more from other countries than we sold them. Imports exceeded exports by less than $80,- 000—not much, but it may be the turn of the tide, with the trade balance increasingly against us as time goes by. On the other hand, the only way we can back the loans to Europe is to take payment in goods—import more than we export. That’ll make less work for Americans, with our markets glutted by foreign wares. An industrial readjust- ment would become necessary to keep skilled and unskilled labor busy. ALOFT Thoret, French aviator, remained soaring in the air nine hours in a glider, drifting around like a sea gull. had a motor and propeller aboard for emergency, but were sealed and not used during the gliding. These little gliders, operated on the principle of a kite, May become “the craze” within a few years. Properly hand- led, a glider is about as safe as playihg football. You'll own a flying machine of some sort before many years. STAINLESS The stainless rust-proof steel invented by Ronald Wilds of Sheffield, England, is being tested in Pittsburgh. A cheap “steel of this sort would save America alone hundreds of over He they ==" A very dull steel industry, chronically dull, would result. -Jt’s the wearing out of things that keeps industry busy. aioe ‘Nearly all human work is for the purpose of replacing the. wornout. DANCING “Dancing is more a matter of the soul than of the feet, is a speaker at the convention of dance teachers. Many actually agree with him. It’s difficult to associate dancing with the spiritual. The of the dance is entirely emotional. Is the soul emo- onal or intellectual? A dog show held in New York recently was a very snappy The scientific name for laziness is ergophobia, but even tills won't scare the lazy people, * Effec- | country sent up a cheer for the prince when he landed; another great crowd awaited him when he reached Washington. Snobbishness is an almost uni- versal emotion, and there are none more snobbish than those who continually rail at it. The British foreign office knows that the Brit- ish royal family represents the, topmost aspiration of all the snobbishness in the world. “The love of ceremony born in the heart of everyone hag helped to fix the eyes of the world upon the English court and to make its exclusive circles a world-wide goal,” writes Miss Jane Grant in the Saturday Evening Post. “But more important, probably, is the psychological need for some final tribunal for society. Whatever the reasons, the English court is, socially, the world court, and it is the supreme court, its decisions carrying with it acceptance by the great, and personal deferences/ and attentions without limit.” And elsewhere Miss Grant de- clares, “Not a civilized woman alive, be she of either hemisphere, would forego the privilege and ex- perience of curtsying to their ma- jesties.” That statement may ‘be too sweeping, but it’s pretty nearly: true. The British foreign office knows that. Britain accordingly sends the English court around the world to receive the world’s curtsies. The Prince of Wales is the Eng- lish court on tour. He draws well in Australia and India and Canad«, and thereby strengthens the ties ‘of the mother country with her daughters. At present the prince is in the United States for a limited engage- ment, hardly more than a one- night stand. It may be fun for his faudience, but it's, work for him. ‘If his train should stop at Po- dunk at 2 a. m, the cheering of the simple, democratic village folk would cost him his night's ; Sleep. But duty calls. He is in Amer- ica because the British foreign office intelligently ‘believes that the American people will like Eng- land better if its royal heir ap- parent drops into pass the time of day. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON | One day Mrs. Woodchuck came jwaddling into Nancy, Nick & Com- pany’s store and asked if Mister Snip Snap, the fairyman, was there. “Yes, madam,” said Nick politely. “Please sit down and I'll call him.” So Mrs. Woodchuck saf down, but she kept tapping her foot on the floor, and that showed that she must be pretty much upset: about something. “How do you do, Mrs. Wood- chuck,” said Mister Snip Snap, com- ing from the back of the store where he had been making a pair of pink pajamas for Mister Ringtail Coon. “Well, I don’t do as you do,” said Mrs. Woodehuck crossly. “I don’t sell people things that shrink.” “Why, Mrs. Woodchuck,” said Mister Snip Snap. “I never did such a thing in my life. I wouldn’t do such a thing. You can ask Mrs. Frog and Mrs. Turtle. They ought to know, for their children are al- ways in the water.” “I don’t care,” said Mrs, Wood- chuck. “Wally’s new suit has shrunk so that it won’t button on him at all. The buttons are about two inches away from the button- holes.” “That's very queer,” said Nancy, “because it did fit him just fine the day you bought it.” “Well, we like our customers to be satisfied,” said Mister Snip Snap, “so bring it back, Mrs. Woodchuck, by all means. And if it is tight as you say, I shall be glad to give you a brand-new suit for Wally.” This put Mrs. Woodchuck a better humor. “That's ever so kind of you, Mis- ter Snap Snap,” she beamed. “And I’m much obliged, I’m sure.” Away she went, and by and by back she came with Wally and a bundle, & “Now I’ll just show you how much the suit has shrunk, Mister Snip Snap,” she said. “Stand up, Wally, into Buttoned right up under his chin as smart as you please.” “For pity’s sake!” gasped poor Mrs. Woodchuck. It was all she could say after making such a fuss ‘n’ all about nothing. : “It seems to be just the right size,” said Mister Snap Snap soberly. “I think, it looks wonderful,” agreed Nancy. “If you would get a suit any lar- ger than that it wouldn’t fit him at all,” said Nick. “Tm very sorry, I'm sure,” said Mrs. Woodchuck. “But Wally him- self can tell you that after he'd had supper at his grandma’s last night it wouldn't button up at all. You must be using magic, Mister Snip Snap, to make it fit so well again.” “No magic at all, Mrs. Wood- chuck,” said the fairyman. “By the way, Wally, what did you have for supper?” : “Six slices of bread and apple- sauce,” said Wally, “and six pota- toes and four ears of corn and?12 pancakes with molasses and two dumplings and—” “Mrs. Woodchuck,” said Mister Snip Snap, “the wonder is that your child is alive at all. If he goes to his grandma’s often, you'll have to buy him an extra suit about four sizes too large to wear at those times.” “I think you are right,” sighed Mrs. Woodchuck. “I never knew Wally was such a little pig.” (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Jom Sims Artist fought a duel with a colonel in Cabourg, France, and won, maybe because he was quick on the draw. Birmingham (Ala.) teachers have one chance in ten to marry, and work for less than they are making now. They claim flying.fish broke down phone wires of Ocean City, N. J., which is near the rum fleet. Officers claim our navy is ready for the scrap yard insteaa of for the scrap. When a heavy wind swept through Georgia recently many people inis- took it for a presidential candidate. McAdoo’s brother is for La Fol- lette, proving Bryan takes better care of his brother than McAdoo does. Babe Ruth, baseball star, was raised in an orphanage, showing every boy has a chance to become president or even a star. Sometimes political parties pres- ent a fusion ticket to avoid a con-t fusion ticket. Perhaps to keep from breaking up any homes, married women were not eligible for the national beauty con- test. Irish bachelor is dead at the age of 112, which certainly was a long time to be at large. Married men won't understand why the Irishman who remained a bachelor 112 years wasn’t richer than John D. The Irishman who recently died at 112 smoked and drank and proved it will get you in the long run. One nice thing about living to 112, as an Irishman did, is you get to worry about so many rising gener- ations. An Irish bachelor who died at 112 and put it on.” Wally put his suit on, and lo and behold, it fitted like a boxing glove. thought the women of 1838 too mod- ern, proving it all in the point views: s+ > 2 (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) |. LETTER FROM SALLY ATHERTON TO BEATRICE GRIMSHAW SUMMERS DEAR B! I was so glad to get your letter and know that you are so happy in your new home. Of course you would be happy during your honey- moon, I remember that glorious first few months with Sam, after our marriage, and I never expect to ex- perience such delirous happiness. At first, to come home from the office and hurry to get some kipd of a pickup dinner was a joy, especially as Sam was always hanging around the kitchen making love to me and clumsily trying to help. But after a little I found my poor physical ma- chinery rebelled at the overhours it was made to work. It did not take into any consideration that the ex- tra time was given to a labor of love. Labor was labor to it, and nothing else. More and more often I got the din- ner in paper bags and_ receptacles from the delicatessen on my way. home. More and more often I neg- lected even to remove the contents of these paper bags to some of my. dainty china. More and more often we ate a catch-as-catch-can dinner from these same paper bags, until Sam rebelled at having to get his ham and potato salad and other time- honored daintics of the hurried housewife from the corner grocery. Then we tried going out for our dinners, but after reaching home we found usually we were too tired to do this. In a little while I was eat- ing my paper bag dinner in solitary state and usually adding to it the salt of my tears, while Sam, on a plea of business, stayed down town until eight o'clock or after, and he usually came home with a_ liquor- laden breath. Of course this will never happen to you, Bee, ensconced in your beau- tiful hilltop home with nothing to do except engage in the delightful time of spending five thousand dol- lars for beautiful things to make your home more beautiful. Yes, I know, dear Bee, what I have just written sounds envious and catty, but you know I always was catty, and frequently envious. I want you to know, however, that I would not take from you one of your blessings. You deserve every- thing good that can be given to you, and I-would have you keep them alt your life. I’m just trying to tell you that in whatever envitonment one is placed, after a time it looks to me as though the secret orchard of some- body else which ‘lies just beyond al- ways intrigues one’s fancy. That secret orchard usually bears gnarled and bitter fruit, but while we are hypnotically. Observe the Webster definition of “mania”: “Violent derangement of mind; specifically, a form of insanity mark- ed by emotional exaltation, acceleration of the flow of ideas, and motor restlessness. siasm.” If that definition doesn’t blanket the conventional form- ulas for success in life, what does? Excessive excitement, or enthu- 18.—Williard Huntington Wright, an author who writes of the latest happenings in New York hasn’t been out of his quarters in an uptown hotel for more New York, Sept. than a year. He is ill. Yet, each day he keeps in complete touch with the world that swirls about him. It would seem he would be dependent on numerous friends to supply him with the latest foibles of a fickle New York public. But he isn’t. His only human contacts are bell- outside of it, the peaches and apples and. pears seem luscious. Like all the rest of the people out- side of Hollywood, I am intensely in- terested in its life, and I am glad I shall know it now from first hand. Some day I may be coming out there for a vacation. You know I have al- ways been more. or less of a gypsy, and the California trail has always beckoned. You ask me to tell you about Les- lie. I know really nothing, except that she is staying at her father’s home where he is, as you know, quite ill. He is getting better, how- ever. Iam sure that Mr. Prescott and Leslie have had some sort of a quar- rel, for no letters have come to the office for Mr. Prescott with her handwriting upon them since she has been away, During the last week, however, he received a tele- gram from Mrs. Hamilton telling him his father-in-law wanted to see him, and to come and bring the baby. Mr. Prescott, with the silly stub- bornness‘of, a stall! bay,*insisted he could not leave his business, but I noticed after receiving a long letter Cee HA = AND THEN, BY GGaRs Hart Hares — PLT THE PUNCH INTO Yo NOT INTO MY RIBS ty! boys, waiters, chambermaids and an assistant ‘thanager of the hotel in which he lives. He refuses to see all others and is consistently emphatic in his refusals to make new friends. He is married but his wife and child live in California. Wright reads every newspaper and practically every important and recognized publication. In this fash- ion he freshens his mind with the world’s doings. Although he has not attended a theatre or concert in many months he is familiar with all current music through a talking machine. He buys and plays all the phonograph records. Systematically efficient in every- thing he does. Wright works many hours a day. Just now he is in the midst of three novels, I am told. Two of them deal with highly technical subjects and the third, a mystery story, is being sandwiched between them. Wright was born in California and is described as having a most pleas- ing personalfty and enthusiastic out- with Mrs. Hamilton's return address upon it, he was much troubled over something. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Burglars stole 40 shoes from the sample room of a North Bay (On- tario) hotel, apparently not realizing that they were all for the right foot. Mr. Jones was busy buying new socks shortly after his feet began | th to give him trouble, _The part that stockings play in fixing feet is not generally known. When the. feet are unusually ten- der the toes of the sock should be made of soft yarn and should not be dyed, If there’ are blisters, abrasions, sores or tenderness do not wear socks with fancy patterns dyed in them, SUMMONS STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, County of Burleigh—ss: In District Court, Fourth Judicial pistes my landan Mercantile Company, a corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Florence 8. Nixon and Richard B. Nixon, De- ie State of North Dak above named defendants: eka the You, and each of you, are hereby summoned: to answer the complaint of the plaintiff in the above entitled action, a copy. of which is hereto annexed and herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer thereto upon the subscribers hereto at their office in the City of Mandan, in the County of Morton and State of North Dakota, within thirty days after the service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and in case of look despite his year’s imprisonment because of his health. West to in A man came out of the conquer the printing business New York. Starting with a one-room print shop not so many years ago his plants now occupy two city blocks in Chicago, his home. John F, Cuneo is the man. He is the son of a wealthy whole- sale fruit merchant—but he worked out his own business salvation. He prints 20,000,000 magazines each month, not to mention books and the catalogue of a large mail or- der house. Cuneo, regarded as the biggest in- dividual periodical publisher in the world in only 38 years old. He is blonde and good natured, possessed of the most disarming smile you ever saw, and is single, The many little soft drink places —perfectly legitimate shops—that have followed in the wake of prohi- bition, have stolen a trick from the old corner saloon. Milk is forced into a glass with air, when you call for a thirst-quenching goblet of the cow’s famous: product, and it bubbles and foams, like the four per cent beer of yesteryear. If you let it settle a moment the air bubbles out and you have an inch less milk to drink. rary It took two doctors two hours to get a quarter of a dollar away. from William Mead, 10. He swallowed the quarter. They conducted the opera- £ tion. * —Stephen Hannagan. ———_—_—_— | A Thought | ——_-—_—_____+4 The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have noth- ing.—Prov. 20:4. FABLES:ON HEALTH CARE OF THE FEET That destructive syren sloth is ever to be avoided.—Horace, Look out for wrinkles in stockings at are too large or too long. Keep the socks clean and change then frequently. Washi them thor- ighly and see that tl dried when used, koe et ust the inside of the sock with antiseptic foot powder. Look out for socks that are too short and ex- ert a pressure against, the toes, Have thein ef comfortable fit, permitting of natural expansion if palorel ee When the foot First National B Mandan, North Dace 8-25—10-2-9-16 Guano Found in : Philippines Manila, Sept. 18—The di of guano deposits in’ the Prviaee of Cebu which are easily accessible by land and sea is expected to in- crease the use of fertilizer not, only on sugar cane plantations but in other lines of agriculture. It is eati- mated that 250,000 tons of guano are available in one locality of Cebu. Camphor Soothes Eye A your. failure to. appear. an Pain: shove, Fequired ete laine pls ent against you by de-| For e: i fault-for the 4 3 ye pains there is nothing bet- {ault for the -rellet demanded in the| ter than simple camphor, — wite- Dated at Mandan, N, D., this 19th ul day of August, A.D. 1924. SULLIVAN, STANLEY, & SULLIVAN,’ ee Att Oitice Riera for Plaintift. Postoffice Address; | Ad mixed in Lavoptik eye The first application ‘does and one bottle of Lavoptik helps any case weak, strained or sore eyes. Jos. Breslow, druggist.— Iv.