The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 30, 1929, Page 10

[ :: TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF COMIC STRIPS AND FEATURES oad WASHINGTON Bessel ~ LETTER } By RODNEY DUTCHER f (NEA Service Writer) Washington.—The Kellogg peace treaties with several dozen foreign nations are beginning to pile up in the | s State Department basement along with some 800 other treaties which we | have signed in something less than 150 years. Bauiiful things these treaties are, fuitable for decorations in anyone’ home. Forcign offices don't just s ween boards s. The bind- vi nd with the In green and Soon the loving, tender hands of Miss Amy C. Holland, the p De- them up alongside all the other trea- tes which have pone before. W's All Very Neat | about six inches in diameter, set in a | gold box which is tied to the bindings with a golden cord. Most of the o.1 treaties of importance were bound in in or velvet; today they nearly al- ways come in leather. A Dandy Whale's Tooth ‘There are curious items in Miss nd’s collection. Take the big ‘s tooth from the Fiji Island the king of that country was enough to send to President n the hope of getting some- in return, Every politician. in y that Grant re- 1 favors, it meant a lot to King Thako- nd lis people, It had been giv- to them centuries back by Deigar, red of good and evil, who lived big cave on the biggest of the \d caused earthquakes when and lightning when he Ordinary Fiji mor- ‘e never permitted to gaze up- ten-inch tooth. But an was the last of the Fiji ind doubtless he saw some They keep them down in the! archives room in the bascment, a * nice, clean, cool room where you couldn't find a speck of dust. Only a few S$ ago moct of these old documei were lying around in the sub-basement of the State, War and Navy building in a pile of debris. But their present home is in fire-proa cases in a room with fireproof door and floors. And cach one has a dust- Proof buckram box of its own. Here you may sce the very first treaty signed by the United States @s such, the agreement negotiated by Benjamin Franklin with France. It ‘was a treaty of alliance in which we ‘and France agreed to help each oth- er any time one of us was at war with England. This treaty, signed in 1778, Worked fine during the Revolution, when we needed French help, but a few years later when France needed American help it became our first “scrap of paper.” Expediency kept us ‘from living up to it. ‘The Louisiana Purchase treaty was @ gaudy thing in its day, with its great velvet covers and its overlay- ing network of golden sequins. The parchment within, on which the trea- ty was written, was adorned with scroll work and loops and whirligigs by @ master penman. The document bears the signatures of Bonaparte. Talleyrand, Robert Livingston and James Monroe, the ink of which has well stood the test of time. Napo- Yeon’s seal is on a big red wax plaque © to negotiate a treaty of frlend- nd protection. d‘us to preserve the Fiji ever did anything ut we keep the felt. pretty miser- Before long the British country because he hadn't to pay a loan made to it by Meanwhile, the d, though today it is enclosed in a uch. good old days of diplomacy, nt communications sometimes ne from Asiatic principalities and i ‘hich no one here could . when a letter from the Burma reached President everyone thought it was a h Siam. An American con- ho had been at Rangoon finally ‘cvered the mistake and the thing was cent back to Asia to a missionary | for translation. He Had Lots of Titles It appeared that the king, de- ceribed by himself as “Overlord of All the Kingdoms of the Orient,” “The N Powerful Sun-Rising nd various other titles, wanted t negctiate a treaty. The missionary, writing to Buchanan, suggested that ;@ little present to the king would | have “a very happy influence.” THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,_1929__- GOOD MORNING , MR. CARR — Toit 18 WENRIETTA ZANDER CALLING = | JUST WANT To TELL You Mow OUR COMMITTEE APPRECIATED YOUR CHECK= AND | WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR »THEM= NOT ONLY FOR SHE AMOUNT = BUT FOR THE CHEERFUL - MANLY WAY YOU GAVE IT = You'Lt. BE REPAID FOR \T IN SOMEWAY = = X Tm SURE s DANDY PICTURES You SHOWED US, FRECKLES. ‘SPECIALLY THE ONES OF THE ANIMALS! NO THANKS. MAY NEED A LITTLE HELP THE GUMPS—THE WIDOW’S PROGRESS AFTER ALL= ISN'T IT THE GOOD wi 60 FOR.OTHERS ‘THAT MAKES US NAPPY ? WE WHO UNDERSTAND = THE STRONG = THAT HAVE = AND ens A WELPING HAND TO OUR ESS SUCCESSFUL BROTHERS — AS BEECHER SAYS — ‘: “IN THIS WORLD IT is er wHar TAKE UP= BUT W wwe GIVE UP THAT MAKES US RICH 1, BE BLESSED You wit! mY BOY AND BY THE ae os an - INTERESTED IN THA TORY YouRt= 10 Line TO COME DOWN MERE SOME DAY — AND SEE ALL SMAT WONDERFUL MACHINERY = Swe WHEELS — AND SEE THOSE TMINGAMAGIGS IN_ACTION@ . VD LIKE To SEE HOw THAT WONDERFUL BURGLAR ALARM It MADE- - War fT? HEY, WHAT'S) I'M JUST Lookin’ T'SEE (F THERE'S ANYONE WIDIN’ UNDER HERE.L WANT TO MAKE THAN JUD WELLER, BOP 1s DETERMINED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET JUD OUT OF THE LAW'S CLUTCHES~S0 HE SEEKS LEGAL ADVICE sl aoe New York, Sept. 30—The name of | denly as the purchaser of the string : 1M)’ Jerry Muggivan has flashed suddenly, | of shows which Muggivan had so \' I HI ay Jarge and imposingly, in the world of | shrewdly merged—John Robinson's, i ll I _ tanbark and canvas. Hagenbeck's, Al G. Barnes’, Sparks To be sure, Jerry's name has for | and some others which formed tht we “ ‘ some time been a name to reckon with American Circus association. Thus, WISITOR 1S ; | | in the circus realm. But such is the | overnight, a great circus monopoly , A NOT j p \ ‘way of the public that it believes what | grew out of the circus game which f i \ ' 1 ft 1 it sees. And since it sees such names | the Ringling lads had started. Au- AND BOP y » i E as Ringling and Barnum, John Rob- inson, Sells and Floto, Hagenbeck and A. G. Barnes it takes them at the value given them in the four- sheets. ‘The circus world is, after all, a small world. And in this world Jerry Mug- givan has been so important that his | fortune runs into millions. To most of the public he would have been a * * * ‘Things happen to chance the status of @ name. Just a short time aco it was an- | Rust, the father of the boys, had j been a harness maker in McGregor, la., and John, when the circus finally took some sort of shape, was a clown and a singer. eee Ringling’s name has been, of course, a household word for many years. But Jerry ne out of his quiet but active background when the big deal ; Went through and millions were |passed for the acquisition of his shows | And. if it means anything to any- |one, Jerry comes from Peru, Ind—a GOSK-SOMEBOOY WANTS ASSISTANCE, I'LL BeTcHAl SOUNI ? that, thanks to a circus argu- | perfect setting for a small boy headed ging ~eorraruiums ment, the time-honored custom of op- | for a circus giant's job to come from. . bes ening the sre circus season with | zee ® Ringling Brothers performance; Variety, the theatrical weekly, has ‘would be abandoned next year. figured up how much it costs a chor- For @ moment it looked as though | inc to keep her face the way it should Jerry would be in the ring for a lit-| be, if it was. The bad news goes tle scrap in which the circus Crown | something like this: hair waves $10. worn by John Ringling. erstwhile art | Face powder $2. Lipstick $2 and up. meepievenr and Floridian, would be | Manicures—regularly—$4. | Eyebrow stake. | solutions 65 cents. To say nothing of However, the colorful J. Ringling | perfumes, mascara and ai ‘The to- @oesn't function that way. He has tal is about $20. And the dear girls, Jearned a lot since he and his threc | unless they work for Earl Carroll, brothers started their amazing careers | are likely to get around $50 a week. OO cree ae te ary by charging three pins admission to a show in the family barn. Wherefore, Ringling appeared sud- “YOUR ILDREN Gervicalaa wondering why our chil- | irritable, perhaps cross and irritable asking them to do S things? That's another for temper in children. order their chil- machines, never hat on top of those heads—thinking heads their breasts are hearts can't help reacting bit- at injustice and f ‘Aren't ‘we forever shouting “! 1” Still and all, they manage to eat! GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) oR RUE ae ae Se or “Go and do this or that” without the slightest regard of what they hap- Pen to be doing at the minute? | There will probably be a protest at this, but so be it. Until we can be- igin to treat children with a fraction | of the consideration that we have for | People of our own age, I'm afraid We'll have to put up with anger, and temper, and sulks and all sorts of things. oar we hare, the right to ex- i mee, and pretty prom) Obedience at that, but it is noe ing how well consideration on Part of the parent and willing obe- dience on the part of the child, mix. Jerry, go down and drop this letter in the box.” “Oh, Mother, I just have three Pages to finish this book and the mat! isn’t lifted until six. Please, may 1?” How to Answer?