The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 26, 1924, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE “WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1924 THE BISMARCK TR ———Oe yo Lee | ata id | Most of All We’re Thankful for Our Chef 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 slides of important issues which are being discussed in the press of the day. I.vitered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class fs Matter. GAMBLING AT CARDS By Albert Apple BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. - ~~~ Publishers The mah jongg craze is beginning to wane. It still has millions of enthusiasts. And it will be popular for years, But cards are coming into their own again. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY ' { | t ; CHICAGO @ = E 5 2 DETROIT AGRICULTURAL CENSUS IN This runs true to history. Thousands upon thousands of Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. NORTH DAKOTA gambling games have been invented. But invariably man PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH - goes back to “the greasy pasteboards.” | NEW YORK - - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. P eRe eaT hon : Fc een z deh eel lil Rl ear =] Congress authorized, each five { When people play cards, they are handling a gambling * { ~ phe AIEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ti oll be Haslet ia” Novth Dale: device so many thousands of years old that the origin is lost he American Press is exclusively entitled to the use Or} ta December 1, covering the crop \in the mists of antiquity. republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not] year of 1924. Work is to be com- otherwise entitled in this paper and also the local news pub-] pleted by pruary 1, Throughout lished herein the country, the work will be con- 4 ‘ cai ‘i < «| tinued by enumerators and supervis- All rights of republication of special dispatches herein | o:< mostly selected from the Bureau The very ancient Hindus hall a game called “Chaturaji”— which, many experts believe, was the origin of playing cards. “Chaturaji” (the name of “four rajahs or kings”) was really highly complicated chess. zi are also reserved. of Census, and the Department of paeereen a —— | Agrivuilture, . ee eee bore ¢ MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Ana Wutalty etna thie tie Life to the ancients was a lottery. They symbolized this belief in the four divisions of cayds—hearts for love out of which life is born, clubs for knowledge, diamonds for wealth J ‘and the acorn or spade for death. ' In the Middle Ages, card games took clearer shape. iecletliests S| districts und the supervisors have SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE __ | been selected for this work, | Stuts- Waneseit viel (PerVentn ce oe eels ae $7.20 | tm county is included in districts ee pas F and 5, with a supervisor, H. 0. Daily by mail, per year in (in Bismarck) 7.20 ndson, stationed at Grand Daily by mail, per year (in state outside E Forks, There will he 133 enum | Hearts came to represent bravery. Spades represented r { Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. ors in districts No. 3 and 5, which ; swords. Diamonds signified shields. Clubs were symbolic } agai Qin Aaa 5 = 5 =| erubracey meepralne fe the census of ‘of army provisions. It was a military age, and cards became i. THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER OH RE Gh pee _ SoHE al AND i's STUFFED | games of war. (Established 1873) cuiutted eta (draferseiy davaneewe! wilh HOPE AND | The four kings stood for the famous champions of long 2 — ae --——-————— | the visits of the enumerators. Special ago—David, Alexander, Julius Caesar and Charlemagne. ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE information will he secured in ad-| HAPPINESS The four queens represented Argine, Pallas, Esther and While much of the work of an Association of Commerce ABO al ea | Judith — who were, respectively, symbolic of majesty, wis- i is intangible and indirect in results, every enterprising city | x.cessments ure desired, ‘The. bur- dom, piety and fortitude. In some decks of cards, with‘a needs such “an agency through which civic | den of taxation upon cach farm is an little imagination, you can discern these qualities in the {unct ion, uss ' important matter, 3 facial expressions of the grotesque ladies. bai new board of directors has been elected succeeding mere oul the “uuu Coss The four knaves represented the gallant captains, Ogier, err si 5 SRR EURTIRES ARSE ss by other sts. his has a di- ir z fa bet retiring me mbers who piloted the organization through Rails FEISERES “MBP RULERS aeeinment 'Launcelot, Lahire and Hector de Gallard. period of reorganization and accomplished much of the} ind future land values in the state! form adopted at a popular referendum of the members. | | This five year census will include | | But if you ask a Chinaman, he will tell you that his race Much of the success of the organization is due to the ee a i linvented cards thousands of years before these celebrated idership of Ate Ft. iW ebb, retiring president, and the e = | anilitnel@uluehorstarmy supe personages were born. Toa Chinaman, cards represent the lent cooperation given him by the membership. He has | chased from farmers organ stars, the human virtues and, in their various combinations, %, devoted generously of his time to the interests of the city. | the kind of roads adjoining the {about everything under the sun. The new members elected through a most democratic ae to the nea at market to ! It’s the oldest game, and it will be played when mah Pay e be A FHS HAYTER OTR Ga e me rshin a and other inquiries certain con- lis . . form of balloting are representative of the membership and | dition, on which the success of farm | |jongg and even baseball are gone and forgotten. the business inter of the city and the Association is | operation depends will be asked, — | | assured of an active and public spirited board of directors. | This census will be quickly reduc- j | An Association of Commerce must be more than an office [ed to condenseq statements, and the | room and a secretary. The whole membership must pull in Set eese in nae | harmony for the development of the city. Chief EMORU | Pencninereiece insbusineckeeleales | . vhould be directed toward the upbuilding of a well rounded | the country, dependent upon agricul-| e an e © -ymunity in which civic pride and honesty predominate. | ture and the prospective purchasing | : There must be no room for the self interested clique which | Power of the HANUR, By seeks to prey upon the community for its own selfish ends. ae pooner Ee er mone epolin ALDEN |her as at myself—but it comes to Every effort must be directed toward getting the best kind BLESS OTS EONEXACSR TONS) the7 saute ching) au hurus ner Ichink || Lath ea Rie TTT sete : ae H Dear Syd: 1 can’t tell you how | however, 1 must also have some good ¢ government at a cost commensurate with good serv- ADVENTURE OF | Well, statistics show soft-drink‘ disappointed I was when J received | points, for other two such wo- ice. It is a function of an Association of Commerce to see drinking is declinir 7 be. {Your wire. You know I really ex-|men as Leslie and Paula would not aa . eULOnn Ole nimerce | j r ning, maybe be that such service is given for such an objective is pot i ou [eause people are learning to do with. ected to find you here when I ar-/have loved me, and such a splendid | political but goes to the very heart of the essential things BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Vege eee een but if you are coming in the old dear as you would not be my | MEAS hcistionuet Commerce ahollla: Garton, = | bei Hast of the week, as you promised, {friend through thick and thin, ( ee UNECE NON) GENTS ae WOODENHEAD i _ FH forgive you this time. ; You called the turn, Syd, when Bismarck as the Capital City has a great opportunity in Peres ; Man was beating his wife in Chi-} you didn’t say what was detaining | you said that probably Paula would te 4 . that I run up cooperating with state officials in all movements looking | o,. , leago. She pushed him off the poreh,! you. 1 hope it is busin nd not |take back her offer of half her sal- Or el h # Ha Eat ans ate 4 seen else that 1 run down, |three floors up, He fell hard for!ijiness, You didn't 1 Sey / alll LAR EEOLIN tle Tasicealthoushaecninks forward to the upbuilding of the state. It is the function] which mixes me most dreadfully, | ness. You didn’t look very well |ary for little Jack, although I thin her. the | t time I saw you. now she has a very good excuse for ' : A e hay ne pate Enclosed in this you! will find a|not doing so. Her best bet is to from a social standpoint, |! couldn't move for the life of me, Idle rumors cause a lot of trouble ijetter from Paula Pe hit girlll forect shim asi well as ine, If the house was burning down. ; idle ‘1 He ! e is und so do idle roomers. lis the most surprising piece of the| Did you ever know anyone that jfemale species 1 have ever encoun-|had changed as.much as Paula? lly think she|From being a fun-loving, irrespon- of an Association of Commerce to welcome incoming officials | For anyone with eyes can see, and make their stay here pleas: regardless of how divergent political ideas and convictions may be. “I haven't feather or wing, i aN a . What we can’t see is how a one- | teye : North Dakota is on the threshhold of a great develop-| Though some say I’m a flight! Bm ent Semicre: umttane | lcebedse: 5 0 ai OUE oD a : ent and Bismarck can play an i rtant part in directing | It’s the silliest talk I’ve ever heard SS) AG aa) EE Evade ea i cos Gs tie AL MU aie to Te) Geena © ment and Bismarck can play an important part in directing | It's the sillies b learns to steer an auto with his' only bluffing when she dared me to| splendid, serious woman. She seems such a movement, if it rivets attention upon essentials. | J)? Reyer nierares my word, feneees {show the letter I was sending you |to have found herself. More people are needed upon the acres tributary to B r ; 5 —- Ito Leslie. She seems to have trans-| 1 did not write to you much about r ss tributars S-|1'm nailed down fast and tight. Yuquoi 5 f iN ; marck. Our corn show must be developed into an agricul- RH ane statins eee qeerea a diesen Teetlon ane everinad a ilce foe NOUE NEL would a yen Mil omnoathii ; * - fi tan at | “They talk a aie DI years. sha: ,for ‘me to my wife. Now isn’t that | soon an en I cou ell you al tural exposition of dimensions that will reflect the great| “They talk about my head, lovery day for 25 years. gaitanulenmtorayurslifel ; about her. Honestly, Syd, I think ,{ resources of the state. North Dakota needs more faith in phey speak vavout ay ee io! = itself and gumption to go ahead along conservative lines Gee eh ae my pa cliasles aDiekensegal : forsaking all economic fallacies and holding fast to those| ana f wonder why they talk that DCet made into a girl's school. where «How thes | Some of these funny men who are|she is going crazy. I wonder just old home has always cartooning and joking about|what it is that pushes the brain women love each other” |from sanity over the border-line to cardinal virtues that reared here a great commonwealth| way they mavanlayacield chen: should read that sentence in Paula’s|that place where madness lies. before present day governmental vagaries were heard of. Tzalivesthe\thines that speomlojsayy || et uyiauie er aeilAinmiedl (neceurer cor ee aoe eee eae Regeln Lee ess SDE : : vg a s . t. Louis man, alarmed because js not to you, John Prescott, that I]enough at Alice to shake her when | rare the Fifth Avenue hu of 30 yea I know not where they're put. g0. It was drawn by three horses and the very elite of the town were its patrons. Now one may see lines of fa a Mock long. They are a big factor in 's transit problem. this wife couldn't talk, called the jowe my belief in a God and a feeling |she objected so outrageously to her the endorsement | «sometimes I'm one or ten, doctor. She was drunk. It's expen-|that somewhere, some time, some |father’s will, I could not help but of the city and | But they speak of me in pairs jevermbuvey oui shone way everything will all be right, but|find her exceedingly interesting. shes of Bismarck | When I'm not scissors, 1 am not seein our wife.” She was really a new kind of human Bismarck through its Association of Commerce can ac- complish much along these lines. It h of a great majority of the business intere: The Tribune knows it voices the well w t A woman in hand is worth two in yor y twine | d, I think that next to Leslie,|being to me. I have thought of her | New York, Nov. ‘ee-sawing which originated in New York’s Bo- toward the new board of directors when it wishes them suc-] 6, sancy eee sea eriealiicahainet oe ee is the best woman 1 have|and her moods many times since. I {up and down Broadway I saw Eddie |hemia have left their effect on other cess. in the tasks that are ahead. Retain a eal en known, Does that sound|am_ exceedingly sorry for Karl |Cantor, passing like a dark shadow. ions of the city, This is parti- Pant Hees E ‘ | Had a $500,000 fire in Scranton, ‘strange? She is a much better wo-|Whitney. Having known and. loved |Some day I’ll get personal and ask|cularly true of restauran’ down, or race down Liv home of correspondence schools,’ man that I am a man. Her only|Leslie, to have had such a terrible }him how much he weighs. :. | Every section of the city, uptowa ! but none burned, darn it. HORN OF PLENTY ly as far as I have seen in the|thing happen to him as to have |Saw Joe Cook, the pride of Evans-tand downtown, Manhattan, the > Davs li ania oni ay cae 2 fyears I have known her is that she| married Alice, is something that I|ville, talking to a fellow from the} Bronx, Brooklyn and even Staten Red Letter Days like Thanksgiving may lose some of] 1. ine next riddle 7a aul South Africa's diamond output is allowed herself to love such a good. |am sure he does pot deserve. old home town. And in conversation |Island, are dotted with little eating their thrill and glamor as we grow older. But it’s comfort dle aay asked: COE ANE ASE over two million karats yearly. But for-ncthing fellow as I am. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) |he talks just about as fast as he does | places that have no table-cloths but to know that there’s always a rising generation to whom 7 i it alt over [tht isn’t s@ much, We mine more! You know, old chap, that no one —— = on the stage....... Saw Jules Bru-|plenty, of atmosphere. They all Thanksgiving is an event of importance not far behind Santa Famer on Giem alks jin the world knows my shortcomings Hunters Less Numerous latour, the senatorial looking hus-|stress individuality and low pri a E Jas well as I do myself. I know them| Hunters have been a little less|band of Hope Hampton, with the| One restaurant near the Pennsyl- Claus. on South Dakota man claims he has jal) and I never lie to myself ab sang irit of battle in his eye. Ho} vania Station thus blurbs itself: “A » ay ; ny aT aon i ; H r myself about | numerous this year than last, ac-|spirit of battle in ye. Hope, you | vania t elf: Originally when the pioneers were wearing knee breeches “f nearly gave it | ™20r that has been used 65 years, them. I pever lie to you about them | cording to hunting license records of|know, was displaced by Wilda Ben-|quaint place, a comforting place, an and shooting turkeys with blunderbusses, Thanksgiving was SE Gan again |PUt we don’t know how often. jand today 1 have written to Leslie|the auditor's office. There. have|nett as “Madame Pompadour” at the | unusual place, a quiet place, a clean a solemn occasion—a day for thanks that Providence had slowly. Now listen, everybody! yen i¢ it did take her x long time [#4 made a clean breast of them. 1| been 1,319 hunting licenses issued, sierens bees cmt Cat of the va ora ES a dis net Ulett blessed with abundant crops to preserv ~ fete) andl dhink caeiihardmaa vou canbe lec ce ome) a long ‘am never able to talk about my or about 125 less than last year.|play’s debut on Broadway.......... ent place.” Furthermore it proclaims anion Ht EW E ps to preserve them from sta cause it's a hard riddle... {t do it, a St. Louis woman has been | shortcomings to Leslie, however. I| Fifteen trappers’ licenses have been|Saw Sam Scribner, entrepeneur of | that exacting people may come there ane bY 8 ander came crowding in|Z0imé to Sunday school 90 years. always get angry—not so much at hissued thus far this fall. “clean burlesque” and a powerful|with anybody or alone and enjoy No longer are people grateful for necessities. Thanks and when the Riddle Lady! ¢ sa erates ae man he looks. Hé once was a black-|“the persoi touch of a master ised only if the horn of plenty disgorges luxuries. One| had finished he laughed and laughed ne overlooked blessing of those} smith’s apprentice in Brookville,|cook.” This place charges only 55 y disgorges luxuries a finished he Taughed and laughed I Sint school’s! BWERETT TRUE BY CON. reason is 2 tai . ‘aii ; aes I % oe who get out for Sunday school is 4 Pa., also a tuba player in the band|cents for lunch. reason is that, while we have business depressions, we no j1 mean he honked and honked. “Oh,| 11) trip makes them hungry for Sun- | Saw George Gershwin, who sass) nger have, tor c rast, har 3 as f;1 know that one!” he said. “It’s|)° 4). aa long. ave, tor contrast, hard times as they thought of simply too easy. Ha! Ha! Ha! Why, {28 dinner. | Now, CisteN TO Me THIS IS NO PLACE I wouldn’t even bother telling you POSING AND PESVING AROUND , is one of the greatest liv- On Eighth avenue in the Thirties hard times in 1873. ing pianists, even though he is « de-|one may see almost any a. : ef . ® . a DVR . re The pinch is not as tight, even at its worst. fee Bb Ag ij ing | At Atlantic City a sea gull drop- ror * t jvotee of j dicts ,waiting for their peddlets: i roely ie ane eee Ee thoughilesanece” If we,pause.to aed ise ree anenhine of sles ned a clam on a policeman’s head, It] WH YOuR ARTISTIC TENPERAMENT j pee seg Shih (onesie cet ein ae One ponder our material prosperity, unprecedented in any other | Wouldn’t-Say-His-Prayers got Mure) Waal: a traffic cop, because it hurt THIS IS A 7 ~ Greenwich Village rapidly is be-}sometimes for hours while the ped- BUSINESS OFFICE, dl Es coming passe, now that bobbed hair,|dier eludes the police. Most of them equality of sexes, self-determination | are ragged, but occasionally you may and other such subjects have be-|see a prosperqus looking individual come common property of the nation. | pathetically huddled with the down- {No new fad has been found to make |and-outers to participate in his new- \Greenwich Village distinctive within |found course. itself. ‘ -;JAMES W. DEAN. However, the many little oddities |(Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) FABLES ON HEALTH DIET FOR THE BABY { Diet for baby? A much asked] serve a luncheon which consists of question and one that has an answer| fruit juice, either orange or prune dependent largely upon the child. | pulp or apple sauce. But if the baby is normal, this Then, from 12 to 1, have lune, diet applied in the second year has} A cereal again may be served, or been found by health experts to pro-| some broth with cereal in it or po- dyce robust, healthy lads and lassies:]tato soup. After the fourteenth TP W's NECESSARY, WE CAN | For breakfast give the child from] month eggs may be fed the-child, a three to four big spoonfuls of well-|.cup of milk, a slice of slightly stale countiy or any previous civilization in mankind’s long his- very auc when ae aaayand ST tory. we realize that we have reasons galore for thanks. I!'| don't talk so much, please,” hegeed| BY¥an says the Democrats will win the early pioneers had had our brand of prosperity. next Hints but they, ae pou petting: standard of living, they’d have thought they were pas a ul ‘ py j NS? Hh gecoueseeupner to the Promised Land. sree igre yer Was 80 insulted im] axes may be reduced in Germany. ica as we have it was born of hardship and human| and he went away wagging his | That's Mmatural. They can’t raise } Bring on the turkey — or must it be a bird of | tail like the rudder of a flying ma-|them because the people can’t. paradise before we admit gratitude? give or brocneller or whatever it és! x that makes it go, * 1 “=e Down Pippin Hill he went honking |i" the general order of things like SALVAGE about his feelings until his voice got having « banker lend you money. Synthetic lumber, now being manufactured from such | fainter and fainter in the distance er gs ee Bet an . bey F and finally died . n Americ as cs substances as the waste fiber of sugar cane, will eventually ally died away altogether. in Mexico, showing it is safer .to take the place of forest grown lumber. So claims Dahlberg. eNow we cane have some) Peace | ein y 7 itory, aX i . f + | said Slow slowly. “Mrs. Ri ady,|Stay in your own territory. Aa of te enthusiag said Slow slowly Mrs. Riddle Lady, h i would you mind saying it all over! |. , : Maybe he’s a bit too zealous. But we are entering a |again. I don't remember much about}, Woman was caught running a aul period when the greatest fortunes and progress will be made |it-” | te (ina Bole, topm, «Men ore Berne through economies, especially salvage of waste. Chemistry |,,"l've guessed the answer,” cried to be bigger loafers every day. i} ate eee Nimble Jack. “It’s a pair of stairs.) ~~ 0 0). ; “ ay | NI wiil make the transition from our era of “mining natural | xo danger of my shins gevzing hurt.| ea cried Goosey | Nothing increases your confidence The sad thing about having a hus- resources.” T take them always in one jump.” jband is he always wants his wife to AREANLS TS SUN AT, A , mew cooked cereal, Put emphasis on the| bread and a well-strained vegetable. Ss “{ went up one pair of stairs,” oui being fo FOO asl ‘ MINUTES aS. mo ScHhoow “well-cooked.” One glass of milk, a] A glass of milk and bread at 3:30 PRICES began Nancy. opyright, Srvc, ABE! oe ACTING $b slice of bread that is a day old, and a light supper of cereal, milk “Just like me,” said Jill, | About 10 or 11 in the morningj and fruit. O’er the rolling land and prairie | POET’S CORNER 4 Over hill and dale and mine; t fe | Then these self same sons and’ Prices are rising again, all over the world. In England] «on, don’t begin that,” said Nick.| ——_——_ the average of wholesale prices is 12 per cent higher than |«we Mantes Reapmera hee Is This Your | a year ago. So on, in various countries. It mears higher| | __ (To Be Continued.) | Birthda: | cost of living for the world’s people. But it also means’ in- | (Corytieht, 1924, NEA Service, Ine.) |) ~ y ee aks p daughters creased income for them—and easier payments of war Babi. | ge. iar cae ae r | “MISUNDERSTOOD” Will proclaim a slogan new— Low cost of living and prosperity have been divorced. f A Thought Tgeensm ae aces ee 26,—P eran ——— “Wonderland of North Dakota s n cause their i We t you.” RUBBER ae ee ee ee gown lives to be shortened by over- Fairy ae Motte. ae eat ipeer Rie ae Bae 20h seen e ricl let r the poor, and exertion. * i y . el i Only a few generations back, people were laughing at {the borrower is servant to the lend-| Even though you have much abil- Fee ee ee aauawtees sieoetea tee teat aby pereu he Been Goodyear who was toiling, his teeth set against ridicule, to |*—P*°v: 22:7-, | , ity, it will gain you nothing unless Which instance is not rare; Pe y you keep a healthy mind housed in make a useful substance out of sticky rubber . No remedy against this consump-'a healthy body. More recreation Census shows the rubber industry in America last year|tion of the purse; borrowing only should be taken by those who find Though their love for you is selfish And your wealth they've tried to OPING COUGH ens rf ; ‘ 4 hide; No “cure”—but hel had an output valued at nearly 954 million dollars. Old/|lingers and lingers it out, but the their daily tasks becoming heavy. Praca i i ips to re- A 7 n leas tad Bi Hl : plus plenty is their portion, duce paroxysme Goodyear certainly would have a good laugh if he were alive |‘iseasé is incurable—Shakespeare, qos mena SEINE ue ip venta Fer youre pera ahdceleansipilde. Of coughing. 4 today. A penny-in-the-slot automatic ele- that i : = Mf : Ss 2 « ‘“ persons born ‘this day can cre- + 73 The airplane enthusiasts, now smiled at, will laugh later. ff ' ii Fairy land of North Dakota alrp. 5 1 4 vator is a new invention. late great literary ability. ’ ‘ 298 ; 'Your light again shall shine oe SEue eee Se