The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1929, Page 10

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1929 ~ TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF COMIC STRIPS AND FEATURES THE GUMPS—OLD TIMER LOOSE AGAIN . BOY- IF You'vE SEEN halal ve Nahe R IMAL © Fl & awe SEEN eee SEEN SUARKS THAT z > WANE THREE EYES — WHALES WITH Two HEADS Washington, July 23—Mere am- 1 REMEMBER THE Be ENe nity. THRE SPIT bassadors may be enough to satisfy | P* . For eight years, under A DEVIL, FISH WITH eating Powe a ‘ dita y with Haiti, he has had FIRE = AND IVE SEEN SEA SER’ fa) such elderly millionaires as Charle 4 rs THEN WRN - G. Dawes and Dwight Morrow, but the really ambitious federal job- seeker will go hunting for a pos an American High Commissioner. An ambassador parks h a foreign capital and 5 comes little more than a glorifie messenger boy. But when an Amer can High Commissioner goes a where he goes there to run t whole show. He has the rank of an ¢ ambassador and he ranks as_ the senior officer present at all times, There is no more powerful Amer can outside this country than American High Commissioner. is perhaps the nearest modern proach we have to the old F Pro-consul. These Jobs Are Scarce Unfortunately, there are very fi of these jobs to be had. There sell of the Marines, who has our High Commissior t since 1922. The chances are General Russell will hold his indefinitely, but there has some agitation for his replacer by a civilian, so it may be a & tip to job-seekers to suggest that they sound out President Hoover. One recalls only two other High Commissioners within the past two decades. Sumner Welles was made High Commissioner to the Domi ican Republic several years ago a two years, commutin tween Santo Domingo and W s customs, public’ Americ recting these 1 officer of the mpelled to wear He has been eight years and was don the recommenda- committee which about 1920. appeared to be a demon- Russell's power was nator King zed Ameri was barred ig the r by Presi- v e it could not be xt Russell had inspired few failed to concede that om him to Borno would) rted this affront ough tacit vee press and Haiti have been suppressed _and we did not reaty. Ameri- dissolved the Russell hasn't ative body our governor al in the Philippines. Sympathetic, but Firm te Depar officials Russell ington until he had straightened y out the country to the State De- partment’s satisfaction. The other was Rear Admir Mark L. Bristol who, as High Co! missioner ‘to Turkey, was one of the most important figures in the Near East during the post-war iod. Bristol co-ordinated our licies and looked after Amer interests in that section of the world and proved himself a diplo- mat of parts. He was on the com- mission which investigated the Greek occupation of Smyrna and was a delegate to the Lausanne Conference. Lately he has com- manded the Asiatic fleet. Runs the Whole Country Russell is an excellent example of the power that can be lodged with a High Commissioner. He deals directly with the president— sometimes called “our puppet presi- ures, me ervice on the debt ¢ vided more money for £6 expendit killing: und nece iy der t enough to in- te that General Russell hasn't introduced a millennium, —Never- . he has fully demonstrated ‘on is an Ameri- Commissioner. Under a extension, the Haitian job is good until 1 SWITCH ON THE LIGHT, POP, $0 YOU CAN See SOME THING ANLY-WHY- IT'S YouR UNCLE HARRY AND TAGALONG, AS SURE AS IN A Foor I KNEN) THAT TERE MEY ARE Rowe DAN AND FRECKLES yessin il " WHERE DID You FIND WERN'T. You GOSH, TD PLUMB FORGOT WED MOVED {NTO A NEW PLACE TAGALONG |! WEVE BEEN LOOKIN’ RIGA [LT AND. Low FoR HIN GOS! WERE GLAD You ae WED FIND “TAGALONG SOONER OR LATER! GOING PLACESF AND SEEING THINGS Agua Caliente, Mex., July 23—The, modern day gambling parade is headed by women, so I was told by ® gambling palace dealer here who could easily have posed as the statue of immobility. He had no editorial | comments to make on his statement ‘With the same impersonality that marked his dealing, he was merely passing on an observation. They have not learned to piunce as recklessly as those few men who drop ten thousand or more in an evening, but the total of their losses is considerably greater than that of the male total. To be sure, my friend the dealer felt that they were not often spending their own money. But the woman gambler, he went on, is, generally a game loser. “The type of woman who gamble: on roulette, cards or dice is the type 4 ‘who gambles on life,” he continued philosophically. “You can spot her in a minute; that is, if you are inter- ested in such matters. And she's harder to discourage than a man. A ‘man will walk to the bar and take! his drink and go to bed. Watch this Casino night after night and you'll) find that a few women are the last to. Jeave—I mean, of course, on an aver- age. And when the games start in the morning, the first persons who will be, almost invariably, women. They think their luck will change over night. The male, per- haps, has taken his licking and ap- ‘proaches cautiously.” ‘The agility with which the modern American woman has taken to the wheels of chance has also, I was told, Jed her to want to participate as a professional gamester. Any number of women have applied for jobs as dealers and operators—but that day is not yet here. My friend, the dealer, was of the opinion that contact with Europe has had a great deal to do with it. A definite woman-of-the-world type has come into being. The quickest and most casual losers, to be sure, are the highly salaried Hollywood folk, who over on a Saturday night and shrugging their shoulders. 8 * * has surprised me most is the @iscovery that the dealers actually the players to win. to a large extent for! our living on tips,” my informer said. “When a man is losing he is not likely to tip you. But when a man is win- ning he grows generous. If a big nder comes into the house and be- to win large money, it means tt he will leave a hundred dollar bill, or more, with the table man who had charge of the game. Smaller winners will cive us from a dollar to five on average winnings. Our salary runs around $10 a day, but most deal- ers average about $250 a week when tips are good. So you can see how we feel about it. If you keep your eyes open you'll see that dealers root for the biz money boys when they are having a losing streak.” * oe O* That night, by the way, I stood t to a clean cut young man who dropped $11,000. And if you care to have an embarrasing moment, let me inform you of an easy way: find your- self some evening with a pair of dice in your hand and a man on either side of you planking down a cold thousand on the result of your r someone told me that the loser” had been one Joe Tob- ! . a big theater and real estate man from Los Angeles. And someone else reminded me that, not so many years ago, this same gent—who hap- pened to be entertaining three air- plane loads of guests—had once known what it was to use a bundle of newspapers for a bed while strug- gling to the top. All of which might have amused a certain Horatio Alger! * * x But the hight spot of my particu- lar adventure here came when I found my dealing confidante sitting on the long veranda, looking impersonally toward the setting sun, his chalk-like face reddened by the reflection of flaming gladiolas in an oval bed. “Are there any old-time professional gamblers left?” I had asked. _For a moment he studied the facile fingers, which I had watched so dex- terously fingering the cards. “Oh yes, but they're all working— dealing, for instance.” From which you can write your own sermon. GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) ! lived in a cemetery. I wonder how \it would feel t take a vacation.” “Don't know.” said Frank. Argument Proceeds “I never get away anywhere.” “Oh, come on. When we took that motor trip in the spring we agreed to do without a vacation. Don't make @ martyr of yourself.” . Tm tired tonight. Got any more ice- SALESMAN SAM REY, GU22! HERE COMES SCOTTY MS TAYISH, ALL BANGED UPS I'LL CALL HIM IN AND SOXOURE SUING TH’ BASEBALL COMPANY, HUH? WHAT FOR? FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO Hitat - Cand 1 Y oubien | PRIVEE ANGTEND OF WAVING ho GAS WT, A Gotcha! HIT WITH A BATTED GALL, HUH? WHAT Gb THERE \O LEFT IS TH’ PLANE WON'T MN PLANE BURNED GATHER UP ALL TW’ ENGINE PERRYS Y’CAN FIND AN! GRING JEM WERE... WANNA 2 You'd be far happier with Mossy than you are with me.” Frank told her not to be an idiot. Salad! got a decent raise he'd join a country | and they, weren't Any, Poorer than club where he could have a ittie fun) tier duble ‘almost every minute of Sia Hine Ber Facies MA eerie It’s wrong to sir family jars be- fore the children, They take things much more seriously than we think, DRESS TOO DRAB London.—Present day clergymen to much like undertakers, says