The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 9, 1929, Page 10

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1929 TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF COMIC STRIPS AND FEATURES THE GUMPS—COME AND GET IT WHILE IT’S HOT NSHINGTON Besse Peay “LETTER } Eélitor’s Note: ‘This is the first ~ ff three articles by Rodney a ther, Washington correspond- for The Tribunc and NEA Service, discussing prohibition fand the propaganda for and iG against it. $ eee BY RODNEY DUTCHER ‘, (NEA Service Writer) f Washington, Sept. 9—The effective- 1 Ris, and extent of organized dry Df opaganda or education in schools, leges, newspap nd urchi id as used in last year's president | Empaign, is outlined in the rec P* ‘lished Anti-Saloon League Ye ok for 1929. Whether you call it propaganda =r 4 lucation, here is one of the main nations of dry superiority L - the wets have been trying. ,iteful research and dignified , to offset 4s doubtful wheth house _ printed phiets and leaflets, of the American fepples of other publi 1,540,885 letterheads and 3g 44.250 books and 1.615 i getatts, posters, window cards and scellaneous items. - It Was a Big Year qThe Year Book figures show that this was the equi - | » book pages. Of course, it v campaign year and the Democratic gs of Propaganda fronts. The W. C. © Be U. sent out 50,000,000 pages from headquarters, in addition to | gong books, 750,000 blotters playlets, 32,000 handbooks, 195,- Pamphlets, 250,000 pledge card: 6,000 medal contest reci The Woman’s Democratic Law @forcement League issued more Karan 100,000 copies of an anti-Smith | for @tiodical during the campaign. The |: hodist Board of Temperance, Pro- | : and Public Morals flooded Cpe country with millions of leaflets’ pi diving “the truth about the liquor ¢ and its candidate,” beside: nuing as usual to send Clip. ative estimate shows tin vast quantitie: riment of the t Alcoholism has than 10,000 publica- alcohol 4 oholism, ous number” of id has obtained ore than 1,200 show- based book, There are ailable. League's propa- described in the Year Book ly be hinted at in this of informa- nyone interested Thou- meetings are ssion programs, forums were and 378 ble attention has been Ss the Year Book, “in the effort to get the situation properly laid before the publishers of text- books for the public schools, so that proper material for adequate and scientifically accurate treatment of 1 monthly lessons are pub- jlished t¢ id school teachers in giv- ing instruction as to the nature and jeffects of coholic beverages and ried literature is prepared for hool use. Held 25,000 Mass Meetings T. U., which reports meetings and 99,000 lectures during 1928, fur- nished 6,000,000 pages of literature Day programs and poster contests in 835,000 young people partici- re aided by a instruction law for WELL: SOMETHING MAS To BE DONE ABOUT THAT CHIMNEY = AT'S BEEN BOTHERING 7) US ALL SUMMER = WWE CALLED FoR HEM To SEND A_MAN OUT = VLE CRAWL UP THERE AND Fix IT MYSELF — NIHAT ARE YoU WALKING THROUGH ALL THE COACHES '] FOR, FRECKLES 3 | | WE WANE TO ) WORRY AND 6ET © OFF BEFoRE THE TRAIN STARTS “UP AGAIN !! NE CONT WANT TWE KIDS To. KNOW WERE GETTING OFF = . WELL GO UP HERE ANO JUMP OUT OF THE BAcéAGE car THEY “ont BE LOOKING FoR US TO GET OFF UP Y” to 10,000 newspaper editors andj public schools, only nine of which Voice” to all Methodist’ min- | need improvement. The states ‘The Year Book also tells how| without any are Arizona, Delaware, hibition education was spread} New Mexico and Wyoming. ‘Through seven or cight million copies | ‘Thirtcen states v! in annual Shef Presbyterian periodical litcrature ‘emperance Florida, TUL CALL HILDA THE TEL BE GREAT To FIRST THING AND HAVE \ BE BACK TO A HOT BATH AFTER A — AND RIGHTINOW 1 )/ WELL, IT WAS A GREAT CAESAR'LooK \/ 1 viD Leave, FEEL LiKe LcoULD V GRAND TRIP AND NEVER LOOK ANOTHER) OUTSIDE OF A CROP MESS OF BACON AND / OF BIGGER AND : VLPINNED 17 IN AT THE MILK! 1 THOUGHT /{ ANOTE!! THE PLAIN SIGHT OU LEFT A NOTE FOR sume! — ON THE FRONT THE MULKMaANY A 1928 and through various other re-| igious publications. | T In ten months, the League reports, 22% issued 136 press statements and pa Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, North Da- kota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Da- yp a, ‘Tennessee and Washington, /@ New York, Sept. 9.—Manhattan’ pS wenes of poverty and struggle are Inwenerally part hidden behind a dif. i One suspects the presence without ing made starkly aware of the revonditions. But now and then the cur. n is suddenly jerked away, and de-| Amressing pictures of how the other oy apy flash before the city's cy 1 a mn seated upon the sidewalk in midst of her meager family pos- chairs and older tables, furniture were all about possessed—oust- the cheap and squalid room F home. Her rent was months 3verdue. And this rental had been but much paper, or bargained) with some ticket scalper. ‘way of Manhattan that, opened, its purse: An old wom- borrowed $19 ts that ‘duced to common denominator. men leave slightly worn shoes, them for a much-mended with a few dimes in addition. ft outs trade fair clothing Mer rags. And many a well dress 12) disappeared into the door. reappear in the habiliments But he had no choice. Food ungry man takes back for the few rolls and coffee. sheer the alley, went songs in her com: with hun- D to s he waterfront docks. In it were a couple of letters addressed to various —one of them to a Mrs. Ed- | were three unpublished songs—one of which, ironically enough, was titled “At the End of the Rainbow. Her own rainbow’s end had been a pier on the New York river front. She had not died, it develo though there appeared to have itunt. Vy such stunts in the past. Only last winter a young Broadway | dancer plunged into the icy waters of ;Central park just to get upon the | front page. At any rate, genuine or not, the ly will go about from office to office with her songs—and, unless 1T mistake Broad nothing will happen. Such things are forgotten over night. It can be rd-boiled as | they make ‘em when it pleases. | GILBERT SWAN. YOUR | CHILDREN ni = Of course it is impossible to meas- ure parents purely on the basis of friendship, for parents are so much more than friends to their children. But specialists stress the idea of friendship as the most successful fam- ily relation because it is not only the best and easiest to approach the child, but it solves so many diffi- culties for the parent himself. “How,” asks the bewildered mother, “am I going to teach Johnny to do things right and to call his attention to the wrong things unless I scold him? Every mother knows that she *\ has to keep after her children if she wants to train them.” the children. But there are so many, many ways of keeping after them besides “bawi- Suppose Johnny does something naughty. Perhaps he takes a peach from the sideboard when he has been forbidden to have one, or he drums THE MILK AGAIN. WHY HERE'S THE PLACE NOW !/ 7 | i i Athi its a itis fe ati EGGS IN THE FACE / BETTCR Weeds THE “OLD BACK YARD. ON’ “THIRTY -EIWE POUNDS .OF DESSERT, Tasoor!