The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1929, Page 12

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 192f By RODNEY DUTCHER | {NEA Service Writer) ‘Washington, July 19.—Why did your corner grocer enter the grocery busi- ness? Why, for that matter, does any) frocer enter the grocery business? The department of commerce in- vestigated that question in its rece! survey of the grocery busines: Louisville, Ky., and Dr. Wilbur Plummer. who supervised the s reports as follows: “The incentives for entering perticular business seem to be stror “First, we were told by individ that it means much more to them to be grocers than to be engaged in some | other occupations which seem to them | to carry less social standing. The economist might describe the situa- tion by saying that, although the} te money income of the storekceper is | z no greater than that of these other) occupations—it may be even less—his Psychic income is much greate “A second reason for the grocery business is to secure the fam- | ily groceries at wholesale prices. This | applies mainly to the ‘hole-in-the-} wall’ places, but it constitutes a deti- nite urge to some persons to start ai store. “A third reason given for opening up a grocery store is that it is thought to be an easy job. | “A fourth is that it enables the wife to be engaged in profitable em- ployment in connection with her household duties.” ® x oe * | There's a good story about Arthur Henderson, the new British foreign minister, which probably stands un- duplicated in our own politics and diplomacy. Back about 1917. Lloyd George sent Henderson to what was then Russia's embassy to take over the British em- bassy from Sir George Buchanan This was during the brief Kerensky lod. ‘When Henderson got to Petrograd } him with a new ambi iation over he de- an was doing an He decided. in fact, stake to replace dor. and looked the s cided that Bur excellent job. that it would be a So Henderson left Buchanan on the back to London. Kerensky of government Job and went course, the didn't last lo: ‘oon out of a job, anywa: accompany him. Presumab tay in London to handle the foreign office ee, oe) General Walter F. nent expert in cookery . Was recently reported av reward of $5000 to could find a string in aordinary welsh rare- Po: his tter from Mr. Otis Perry s folio the That is, move the t nd fourth letters of 5. Mr. Perry does hon- * OF gument of the Ameri- c wa the lobby against in- e int duty of Cuban sugar is Cuba has been losing a great al of money by co-operating with in enforcing the prohibition laws. The permanent committee on U. S. relations of the American chamber of commerce estimates that if Cuba had not signed “rum treaties” with us and observed them Cuban liquor dealers would be benefiting by an export bus- iness of five or six million dollars a in liquor which would reach the United States. Hence, why damage friendly Cuba by boosting the sugar tariff? The latest ¢ it Crystal was still expertly avoiding ; Colin Grant when, late Friday after. | Grant jerked hoon, anxiety about Sandy Ross's safety on his homeward flight became acute. Nothing had been heard of his homeward-bound plane since a ship had radioed, at noon, the news of its being sighted above the turbulent waters of the Gulf of Mex- ico. “NUMBER ONE LONG OVERDUE | add, * AT TAMPA,” was the headline of the | home edition of The Press. Sandy's intentions, as announced on his t: off from Managua, Nicaragua, hi been to stop at Tampa, Florida, for | re-fueling, since he was carr: lighter load than had burdened on his non-step flight to the d: boy. And a storm was raging the Gulf of Mexico. Had the monoplane been blown far off course? Or had it crashed to Davy Jones’ locker? “Better knock off for dinner, C: Harry Blaine told the white-faci girl. “Your sticking er frail She obeyed, listlessly. 7 @S well as her own, was to be broken, there would be nothing left | to live for. ‘She started to enter Charlie's Coffee Pot, since it was the nearest restaurant, when she caught a glimpse of Colin | Grant crouching over counter stools. one of She turned a ay, the slightest interest in food. A sign in the window of a fourth-rate hotel, | which catered to transient labore! “Best Dinner in Town 7Se.” She entered, with a flecting smile for the unconscious humor of the sign, and took a table in the al- Most deserted dining room. “Soup, miss? Vegetable or cream of corn? .... Yes, miss, won't it be awful if ‘Our Sandy’ enough, after his grand flight and all?” the waitress asked. “Make it two soups—vegctable,” a around and | fainting on the job isn’t going to help | If Tony’s | angrily. automatically, | him very he | be ‘on your w: is lost sure s and Colin opposite curt voice interrupted, he chi | Crystal's. When the girl was gone, huff he grinned a twisted grin, and answered Crystal's unspoken Seen or | comment: “Yes, I know you thought I wa: lie’ y in Char- and what safely out of your w: Well, I'm here now ‘e you going to do about tt “Let you pay for my dinner,” Crys- tal retorted. “And I suppose I should ', why do you pursue me?” “You know damned well why I'm Pursuing you!” Colin replied, naked black eves. “Listen here, ‘t stand any more of no use telling you I You've known it since the we clapped eyes on each other. your saying i use it would be what are we going to you don a lie... do about Cr: ¥ I's heart into her With hands she a hard roll, but forgot to but- {. “I—we're not going to do any- about it, Colin,” she managed at last “The devil we aren't!” he exploded “You know I'm shot to pieces—can't write a word. Do you expect me to go on like this?” Cryst i her eyes and regarded though her heart beating so furiously she felt as @ must hear it. “I expect you to tomorrow, as you th to if seeking another eating pl: Pg | had planned. ‘That's what you really ing place with not | t, Colin. To be free to go.” ree!” he snorted contemptuously. It’s a swell word, isn't it? It just happens not to mean anything... . Free! If you call this being free— not able to you out of my mind even when I'm asleep; not being able Mi—oh, vet, I'm free!” And © horrible that the re- aitress was startled into 4S soup. A strange proposal. 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) 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