The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1925, Page 4

MONDAY, JANUARY: 19, 1925 i PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE| Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN - Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Publisher CHICAGO DETROIT Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - : Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The American 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. “ ‘ e All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Editorial Review _ Comments reproduced tn bis column may or mi the opinion of Th are presented here in F that our readers may have both sides of important issues which are being discussed in the orees of the day. A SIGNIFICANT REPORT | —— nd County Farmer) | ion named to make a| study of the cost of education in North Dakota has just submitted its report to the state legislature. Its | {efforts were directed largely, accord- | ing to current news reports, to ascer- tain whether proper benc were | | being received from taxes paid and ‘whether greater efficiency and econ- | omy could be obtained. | The review of the report available MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION | to The Farmer touches only the high SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE_ | Daily by carrier, per year..............ceeee seen ee 87.20) Daily by mail, per year in (in Bismarck).. 7.20 | Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck)... 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. . 3 6.00 ‘ THE STATE’S OLDEST. NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) (Official City, State and County Newspaper) JOINS THE CRITICS Nicholas Murray Butler, the distinguished head of Col- umbia College has joined the critics of the modern educa-! tional system. His annual report is devoted to an analysis; of the educational trend especially of education under the | control of the state. Less responsibility, he contends, should be placed upon the state and more upon the parents as regards education. He contends that under the present system children are driven from the streets into the school room and that the process of education as enforced by the state often comes within the category of punishment. His idea of education; is that it should be made so attractive that the youth will regard the advantages of an education as a rare privilege rather than an obligation. Speaking about modern text books, he says they are not as thorough or as interesting as the ones he studied when young. Diverting influences, he contends, in modern edu- cation have made for a superficiality. Mathematics is al- most a lost art, he says, and the speech of the average stu- dent crude and vulgar. Mr. Butler is a great advocate of the teaching of the, Bible in the schools from a strictly literary standpoint with- out reference to theology or dogmas. He believes such teaching would improve the English of students and create a love for all literature. | i “THE LAUGH GOING FAST” Dr. Charles Gray Shaw, Professor of Philosophy at New York University, says that “the laugh is going fast.” “Does one ever hear the scientist laugh or see the so- cialist smile? Are Einstein or Trotsky famous for thei jokes? Would Lincoln have been humorous if his adminis- tration had been like that of Taft?” Nature bestowed a fine gift upon man when he gave: him the power to laugh. One professor declares that with- out the laugh in life, the vitality of the race would be low- ered. It has been said that Americans are taking their policies so seriously now that they refuse to laugh. Of course there is plenty of cause for laughter in all branches of American politics and there is nothing so deadly, as laughter when directed against a weak cause or a pom- pous politician. As Dennis Hannifin, North Dakota’s squatter governor used to say: “There is nothing so deadly as ridicule.” WOULD HANG BOOTLEGGERS A British enthusiast proposes the death penalty for boot- legging. He need not bother about imposing it. It will impose itself, soon enough, if the bootleggers consume their own stuff. And some of them are imposing it on each other, in gun fights over the stuff. Like the Chinese army, whose men are soldiers when the government extorts their pay from the people and band- its when they extort it themselves, the booze runners are bootleggers and hijackers by turn, according to which law they violate to get their goods. ALL IS CHANGED What has become of the old man who used to sit on the porch in a rocking chair, leaning on his cane, doing noth- ing? Not as many as formerly, “Old folks” are more spry than they used to be. They are up and doing, traveling, learning, playing golf, dancing, keeping up with the times. Time was, when retirement from work meant mental stagnation and loneliness. Not now. Americans have learn- ed that old age and youth are largely a state of mind. AMERICA’S IMPORTANCE This country of ours has more than 251,000 miles of rail- road tracks. That’s a third of the world’s total. From this we get a fairly close idea of America’s importance in the world. £ In laying these rails, we have largely neglected a more natural means of transportation — rivers, lakes and canals. But development along this line will be fast and enormous. It may be that freight a century from now will be carried chiefly through the air, though it seems improbable now. MORE FREIGHT Railroads recently have been handling more freight than ever.before. Railroad executives say the most significant feature of this is the big volume of “general merchandise” shipments. The boom in this line of traffic means that fac- tories are producing more and stores selling more. After all, prosperity is the normal condition in America schools and the rural schools. The outstanding recommendation of the whole report seems to be con- tained in the following paragraph: “As a general consideration the commission believes that a scientific revision of our entire school s: could be made with a vast saving of money and great benefit to the cause of education. That our rural schools could be greatly benefitted by a re establishment of district lines so as to bring the schools closer to the children without the great expense of consolidation in sparsely settled districts and the small schools prac- tically eliminated.” Other significant findings in the} report are as follows: Too many elective subjects tend to weaken the high school course and increase the cost of education to an unwarranted economic degree. The teaching of home economics, manual training, physica) training and agriculture in high schools is a local problem, not a matter of legis- lative concern and should be settled locally. In some schools too much attention is paid to athletics, and also to danc- ing and other forms of amusement and parents are taxed beyond their ability to provide what are termed “suitable clothes” for such occasions. More money is spent on rural schools in North Dakota than any other schools. The commission does not find that too much money is! spent. It finds that for the money spent too little benefit is received in the way of education. A higher standard for rural school teachers, co-operative methods of buying textbooks and school supplies , and a revision of districts is recom- | mended. 1 Says the report: “Consolidation has been ill advised in sparsely set- | tled communities and is more adapt- | ed to thickly settled communities and | communities of small farms or to communities where town or village “may be the center.” In other words the commission finds, that for the benefits confer-| red, education has been costing too much in North Dakota. All in all it is a highly interesting report, stating without doubt, some! plain truths. Yet it will be labor jlost unless the legislature takes con- ‘structive action upon it. This is manifestly its duty, for a vast ex- penditure is involved and greater than this expenditure the principle of putting the whole scheme of high school and rural school education on an efficient basis, And the rural ‘school section of the problem, which the commission says is the first and , Most vexed, should receive attention | iret, ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON |. There sat the whole fifteen of Sally Wiggleton’s dolls on her bed —not a whole one among them. “Yes, she pulled out half my hair,” | said one. “She never washed me,” said an- other. “And my dress has never’ ‘been washed or ironed since she got me.” { “She soaked me in a bowl and never dried me, and gave me pneu- monia,” whispered another doll. “I used to talk and say “Mama,” but| I can't now. I've lost my voice.” “You shall have a wish,” said the! Fairy Queen. “Each one of you may anything you want.” This surprised the dolls so that one fell over on her face and one fell off the bed altogether. Nancy straightened them all up Fg "ul begin with you,” said the; Fairy Queen to the end doll. “What vis your wish?” { in a store window said the end doll, \“T used to admire the wax ladies in’ the window next to mine. They wore beautiful dresses and slippers: and had such pretty pink hands and! faces. I'd like to be one of them.” “A wax lady!” said the Fairy, jQueen waving her wand. “Then a{ |wax lady you shall be, in the very! store you came from.” Instantly the doll. disappeared. “Oh, may we all go? . We all want to be wax ladies in a window and wear fine clothes, and have pink “It's no fun here. We only get broken.” “Think now,” said’ the Fairy ,Queen. “Are you sure?” “Yes. yes, yes!” cried the doll that hands and faces,” cried the dolls.! you thought them a nuisance. They are quite happy now. “Very truly yours, “The Fairy Queen.” “Oh, dear!” cried Sally, throwing herself on the bed. “I did love them and I didn’t mean it. Oh, if they would only come back I'd be a better mother. I never meant to be so mean. Boo, hoo, hoo!”. Off in their window the wax lad- ies were saying to each other, “I wonder how she’s taking it! Served her right, so it did!” (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) The silent drama seems to be hav- ing a very hard time securing a si- lent audience. The boy of today seems to want to leave auto tracks on the sands of time instead of footprints. | = Oh Yeh, Speak Stretching the truth ruins it. , | We know a man whose home would be much happier if she hadn’t married such a cross husband. The only man who can say your head is dirty and get away with it is the barber, You never will realize your object in life if it is objecting to work. All that stands between us and a hot time is the rest of this winter. The income tax blanks are being mailed. out. Utopia is a land where you can leave the income tax blanks blank. Education is almost as expensive ‘as ignorance. better if the driver could wear them: When ‘a woman looks her best she finds what she is after. The time your welcome lasts de- It is very easy to rise in your own estimation. many’ people have speaking parts and too few have thinking parts. It will soon be time to report the annual shortage of Easter Lilies. Isn't it funny what a woman will show to hide her age. Some movies call a spade « spade. That's all right. spade a plow, , The man who takes good cure of his health at home never will have to go somewhere for it. A cup of sugar would make a Times are so bad some people haven't bought a single new auto all winter, ‘sf Shock: absorbers on autos would be’ pends upon the way you use it. + | Even if the world is a stage, too But others call a / LETTER FROM MARY ALDEN PRESCOTT TO JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT, CONTINUED The more'I see of modern young women, John, the more I am con- strained to say that I am glad my life is nearly over. I do not think that I can bear to live much longer in a world populated by these girls and their progeny. Of course, I know that you are very much in love with Leslie. The reason I know this is because since you have been married to her you have paid no more atten- tion to me than you did before. A mother does not expect her son to be as thoughtful of her unless there is! some woman about who can tell him what a mother's heart needs and de- sires. I have been greatly disappointed in Leslie. 1 can not understand why she makes friends of such women as Mrs, Walter Burke and even moving picture actresses while she leaves her own husband’s mother complete- ly out of her life. I expect, of course, that she feels that she has done her duty when she provided for me a nurse but I so! times feel that Miss Anderson i more of a keeper than a friend. She seems to thwart me on every occa: sion and if I do not give into her she threatens to leave. She knows I could not get along without her. I am rather curious to know if you really dictated that letter to me. If you did you will know that Mrs. Atherton said that the hundred dol- lars a week was in addition to the salary that was paid to Miss Ander- zon and the rent of my rooms at the hotel. I do not think I will stay at the hotel much longer. Miss Anderson seemed to think the other day that I might enjoy, being in New York for a few weeks. Said she knew’ of*a quiet place where we might go and that I would’ probably have a good time at the theaters. I told her that I did not care for The Tangle : ‘ng of Eclipses! the modern theater at all, that I had} been brought up to feel that sight of half dressed women more or less drunken men was noth- ing that a decent woman should put herself in a way of seeing. I would like very much to come over to Pittsburg. I think that: Les- lie should consult me about arrang- ing her house. She knows have been a housekeeper for- many years and she has always admired the my beautiful old colonial furniture. | Had she been really a daughter to me I. had intended to give it all to her. cherished family heirlooms look well in her scheme of household decoration, I of course can’ not real- ly feel that she would‘care for them. You may tell Mrs. Atherton for me that I would rather not have a letter from my son if it has to be dictated to her or to any other stenographer and I shall insist, John, upon your! taking the time to write me in long- hand in the future. Affectionately your mother, \the left you see the ruins of Kent and! that Ti) have become absurd. enough. But not knowing whether my] would Blocs Fall In Germany Says Rowell By Chester H. Rowell Public regulation once had to be forced on public utili- ties against their will. Now they are demanding it of them- selves. When the. war authority of the California Power Administrator ‘expired, the companies promptly hired the same man to regulate them by consent. Secretary Hoover is trying an even more novel way with the newst industry, the radio. With little or no law, the industry regulates it- self. Doubtless these regulations should ultimately have legal sanction, but they will be practically self-imposed, even ithen. Everybody is for regulation, now, even the regulated. Every report of Eastern blizzards tempts the Californian to boost. Eastern football teams, playing: in California on New Year’s day, complained of the heat’ on the bleechers; the grass and trees were green and the roses were blooming. Climate is not everything, as we Californians are inclined to imagine, but it is much. Forgive us if we get:the superior- ity complex in California when we read of blizzards and’zero‘ weather, or of thaws and mud. Fifth Avenue has its super- iority complex, too. And Fifth Avenue may be right. But so are we. And, somehow, we prefer Yosemite. Those football games, by the way, played in the great modern stadiums, tempt one to consider the archaelogst of the future. A modern concrete stadfum is likely to last longer than the Coliseum. There seg tee eE OPER luna i tion to| tion, from ich we ‘shall ultimate- wall ee bl cette pieter|1¥, eet @ better bargain. But cher- ih Li Seale 2 ish no hope that we shall ever be of the fortieth century will say: “on| paid anything like in full. If the debt is ever balanced, it will be by & bookkeeping fiction. “Also, dismisa all the usual argu- ments, These arguments are based either’on moral or business princi- ples. “°The problem is economic; whichis different.. Demonstration that it is right and fair for France Hall, the small building where they taught law, justice and the insti- tutions of civilizations. On your right the mountainous pile which fills the landscape is the Stadium, Where they held their gladiatorial com- bats.” to pay has nothing to do with the Read of the tribulations of Ger-| ¢: ‘Neither hés the analogy of | many, you who would substitute} what business men: would or should blocs‘ for parties in America. The Germans have had two elections within a year, neither of which set- tled anything, though the people voted right, both times. With the multi-party. system, the decision is made, not by the vote of the people, at the election, but by the trading do in-the same circumstances. France should do what is economically pos- sible. France can ultimately raise the money. If-it were one business firm owing another, that would mean that it could pay’the money. It may or may not mean that, in an intprna- tional debt. If you think thal the of polit s afterward. No party,| cases are exactly alike, you have not ever h majority in the Reich-| begun to study the question. And stag. The coalition, after the spring| if you think that this means that election, lasted barely long enough to squeeze the Dawes plan through, there is a moral difference between the two obligations, you do not un- by buying votes for a consideration | derstand. There is a difference, and which is proved impossible to de-|it is not moral.- Ifa business Man livers The coalition after ‘the fall} has the money, he can pay. That is election is precariously just form- ing. There are two possible major- ity groupings, one on foreign poli- cies and the other on domestic is- sues. On whichever basis the gov-! ernment is finally formed, the othe is able to undermine it, and certain to do so, American parties may Bloc the whole question: With a ‘ion, it is only part vf the question. death penalty for bootlegging. He need not bother bout imposing ‘it. It will impose itself, soon enough, if the bootleggers consume their own stuff. And some of them are \ imposing it on each other, in gun ‘fights over the .stuff. Like the If the early reports ‘of the French; Chinese army, whose men are sol- coalitions are worse. | proposals are correct, we shall ulti-'diers when the government extorts mately get frém France about half- their pay from :the people and ban- the interest and ‘none of the princi-,dits when they extort: it themselves, pal which: we ourselves have to pay|the booze-runnérs are bootleggers to those from whom we borrowed, and hijuekers by turn, according to the money. Doubtless this is mere-|which law they violate to get their ly one move in a sparring for posi- goods. a New York, Jan. 19:—See-sawing up| Auburn with Jim Hennessy. _ Bill and down Broadway I saw Patti Har-| Naylor, who used to peep over the A British enthisfast proposes the , MARY ALDEN PRESCOTT. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) |rqld, daughter. of Orville Harrold, the singer, & pretty Tass she is, although I think’ someone should call hedge at them, tells. me that Jim was a better actor than Hitchy, but he entered the government service i, As I live, saith the Lord God, 1 have no pleasure in the death of the wicked.—Ezek. 33:11. The most happy ought to wish for |: death.—Seneca. DINNER FROCKS A most unusual dinner frock is made of lace dyed a deep wine color, trimmed with ribbons of matching color. é : LOVELY WRAP A very lovely wrap of coral velvet has a lining of brocaded silver cloth and is embroidered with pastel-co- lored silks. BY CONDO | ID -Cike You > To READ IT OVER EVERETT, AND Tet ME WHAT Srou: REALLY THINK OF tT. ° ry Dasued tt OFE IN— that musical comedy acting is not A Thought | quite her forte........Saw Al Jol- —_— 6 | s0n and a husky voice he has what her aside and whisper in her earJig the Auburn postoffice. é 4 The lumber yard at Seventh ave- nue and Thirty-Eighth street has passed and another skyscraper is going up there. The stacks of lum- ber were an unusual sight in the center of the city, and occupied one of the most valuable parcels of real estate in the busi! district. with singing in the smoke-filled Winter Garden. It is the only thea- ter in town, except’ the burlesque houses, where smoking ‘is allowed Sawa pompous-dame in a box the Winter Garden smoking a cigaret. Will they doit at the opera next??2??? Saw Walter Hampden and hardly recognized him since he laid aside the Cyrano nose...... Saw Hope Hampton and her spouse and sponsor, Jules Brulatour, and they tell me Hope will be back i the celluloid dram’ soon... John Farrar, Bookman editor All of ‘Manhattap is solid stone, right up to. the surface of the ground, This means that much blasting with dynamite is necessary when a foundation is dug. Great mats of steel wire, closely meshed, are swung into place over the explo- sive charge. Th ats break the force of thé axplosion and - prevent fragments of rock from being thrown ++++.-Saw George Hackathorne, wistful-eyed hero and villaim of the sereen, who is as shy and diffident a person as there is engaged in the jumping flickers......Saw {Harold Livingston, nephew of Richard Mansfield. He is a writer and in Paris is a movie actor . Saw Ilse Marvenga, the song bird, wha is in an epidemic of tournaments, First it was chess with Stephen Rathbun, then -craps with Bide Dudley and now cribbage with John Anderson.. Saw Raymond Hitchcock and his Adain’s apple. rs ago Hitchy practiced theatricals in his yard at Rose’ Mullaney is one of’ Broad- way’s ‘leading feminine wits. She originated that widely used bit of slang, “Be yourself!” Her latest i bout a bootlegger who de- bottle of wet goods to a customer, guaranteeing it to be “pre- war stuff.” “What war?” asked the the customer. “Tong wa: back the bootlegger without a mo- ment’s hesitation. “JAMES W. DEAN. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) FABLES ON HEALTH MR. JONES’ EARACHE ! Heat is one of. the best remedies Children were not the only ones, in the home of/Mrs. Jones who had to be looked after. Mr, Jones would get sick occasion- ally, arid: when he was, ailing, every- one had to wait on him. One night he had the earache. He could not eat supper, and he would not look at.the evening paper. Mra, Jones knew a good remedy that the doctor had told her, how- a piece-of flannel,-heated over ' lamp even, and placed against the ear, would have ptoved effective. Sometimes ‘these remedies do not work. And then Mrs. Jo! found that syringing the ear with hot water afforded a rel The wai ould 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Babies who have earache about. 105 or should a. DESERTER | . shell ever. So she filled the hot water|be taken to an ear special and a f got the ‘spanking. “And, please,|Wonderful Christmas present for a Fe , | Army officers have been looking for a private who in 14 hurry. for Sally will soon be coming neighbor who borrows tof much bag sn: mad LS ie ae ane carefl examination ° of.. the ears | * years of military service has, under 39 aliases, enlisted and pest! Gig cbsity couse ecca dnce stuff. ; AEBINE k deserted 41 times. In one month he joined and fled seven ‘wand and ins twinkling the bed Another good thing about bobbed iat times. Gan os : was empty. Not a single doll was hair is they never say “Now you . N : Hl Eventually, we trust, he’ll definitely make up his mind eft. jhave ruined my hair net.” q i one way or the other. A shrewd song was, “When you get ,,.,.¥e better go now,” said the! “what you want, you don’t want it.” ile SU Gan ul nese ma Se ondy eck eee ey oe Ac Rieter Bi eae | on desk with th d ds. ‘brought me on Christmas mora take 3 FIFTH AVENUE inbw tether peter ake Gator Okage (ara: 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) I ‘that from me. ve ver had such fun since the day T was pedo : . A mas.” 3s Pa ascan if r ¢ New York has been celebrating the 100th birthday of \""So the Queen wrote the note’ and INCORPORATED ; Fifth Avenue, most famous street in the world. About 80 then they all tip-toed out. Articles of incorporation filed : And there was faithful Two Spot, with the Secretary of State include: . 1 years ago John Hunt, millionaire, was brought before sanity ‘|, fod there wa butterfly, waiting Stern Realty Company, Farge: experts because he paid $2400 for a corner lot on Fifth (0° : ; uch for . ad when she Stern. } thing nd are sure of it, don’t let ridicule make you waver. |Teturned, why here it is: ‘ 2 “Your dolls got homesick to sal i | ‘The season for hunting spring poets opens soon. @ Modern incandescent lights have . didn't feel about four times‘ efficie ft Eofgad “Wbew |auoee’of Is (yeecy eGo, eae ane ! to! the store, ‘quite’ comfortable”