The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 5, 1929, Page 10

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1929 - TRIBUNE'S PAGE OF COMIC STRIPS AND FEATURES v4 WASHINGTON y LETTER §& By ROD: DUTCHER | (NEA Service Writes) + Washington, Oct. man. sat ystening to William Baldwin S ‘efore the Scnate cominittce and Jequently remarked “He fills me with In thi: ‘Yr. Shearer right be ree: ‘ereribe the air that | nn stirred up by bosom of many ‘d and heard him. And | I in the crowded com- | aittes room went away underesti- ating Mr. Shearer's abilities as igh-pr: alesman. q n erted the perfectly ight after he t i And It Was, » And although old hortridge. the Pr was anybod: /ead right. He was i +f the three committecemen, sonality dwarfed the als and Aultimillionaire shipbuilde mong | He lost none of his | as never at a loss for | and threw in effective | visecracks 0 judiciously that he sften had both the committeemen md the crowd in roars of {from the standpoint of vaude ‘out on a grand show. Much s@otistic brashness m: our skin and abhorrent as Gsavy work may have bei . is a torn (ehemoth among th A He began his show er of a bull, forcefully (ntly demanding the hake a statement. His self-righteous | dlignation was reminiscent of Will ays when the latter had to explain | she Sinclair oil bond political contri- under | ed him out of it. he | spoke gracefully, suavely and vely Shearer's \ the committee—or | Soon he had | t iously imitating | and the joint effect was superb. eon no question and no answer went maccompanied by its cloquent ges- 2 The only tiny flaw in Shearer's out- a was a comparatively rare agpee of grammar which showed that this super-lobbyist’s coat of polish had not yet been completely applied. More than once he misplaced a pro- noun and once he quoted himself as “Where is this money you w other shipbuilders?” Some of the man’s propaganda literature also has had its ungrammatical spots. peaking tor the country at | ." he asserted at one point in ning that his ship-minded em- 7 were second among those he represented. "This idea that he spoke for 120,000,- 000 Americans was rather typical of him. One had the impression that he had considered the Geneva con- ference “my party,” too. A little later 5. in effect, claiming credit for MacDonald's visit here and r attitude. .” Instead ‘yes, indeed,” or ainly” or some other affirmative word, he always says incisively: Quite!” His testimony showed that in ad- dition to being a lobbyist, propagand- ist and something of a naval expert, he id been a Florida real «itate oy or, @ successful inventor, @ theater manager, a fight and night | club promoter, and the first man to | ntroduce the cabaret in London. years of his life counted for. The atmosphere could not be called hostile. The committee members hardly seemed anxious to embarrass ? Mr. Shearer's wealthy employ- but they also wanted to be fair Shearer. The “dangerous in the Senate had been efully kept off this committee. n the ardent peaceworkers in the crowd, with all their hate of Shearer and what he stands for, mirthfulls appreciated hi: entertais the gue: at navy super-patriots present were ore than ever willing to join with Shearer in believing him a great man. The Daughters Get In ‘There were always would-be spec- tators outside the hearing room, try- ing to get in. There was one man who saw two women ushered inside and bitterly complained to the Cap- itol cop guarding the door that he had been waiting half an hour long- er than they. “Sorry.” said the guard, “but they have precedence. You see, they're both members of the D. A. R.” ‘Well, to use the favorite word of a) OE new York, Oct. 5—The word “serv- Ege” has come to have a highly mag- ified significance in Manhattan. Here, for one reason or another, onc 3 presumed to get such “service” as Is | obtainable in any other section of | 3 earth. Everything from hotels laundries to grocery stores and Matering establishments uses the : overtime. As a matter of fact, | i is largely a myth. ‘The fact is that Oklahoma City or | Smarillo or Tulsa, for instance. will one’s launciry to a hotel within | “4 reasonably short. space of time. And | © pair of pants will be broucht back, | icely creased, while one is in the! Such service is unknown to. 4 York. A ae Ppt have just heard from Milton \zonner, NEA's London manager, who g revisiting America. after a number | years, a few sidelichts on the “serv- "For years he had stood a certain mt of kidding from visiting ean tourists anent the quality “service” to be had in London. leaving and en route, he had his English friends that soon in a land where one had one's fingers and there be action. ned that Mr. Bronner from the boat for a hotel res: this reservation was the usual long and of going through cus- grabbed a taxi and lly back, awaiting a re- {center of family devotion and then know of no emotion in cither | ; or children that can cause | ‘go much misery as jealousy. anger, and vindictiveness fol- as naturally as night A-nice brood of joy kill- keep a a company through acquired or developed "t one of the natural ptal instincts, although it p in a baby 50 young that say “he has always disposition—he was way. cure for jealousy is pre- s10E | Mr. Shearer— Quite! e) Arriving at his hotel) the bell boy took his grips and departed in the snappiest of fashions and directed him to room 956 in this mid-town hostelry. But upon arriving at the ninth floor, the floor clerk begged everyone's pardon. ‘The room is occupied,” she said. After much scurrying around on the part of the bell boy, another lo- | cation was temporarily arranged. But upon arriving there, it was found that. it had been vacated but a few mo- ments and that the beds had not been made, the towels were dirty and there 5 No soap. T concentrated at first upon my baggage.” relates Bronner. After ordering it brought up at once, he | waited half an hour and then was passed from one department. to an- other. Meanwhile he had feebly begged for fresh soap and towels, An- other half-hour passed. Thus it went. After an hour he had his baggage, but no soap. He began to apologize to himself for all he had said against the Britishers, as well as other folk. “And finally, when a pretty room maid arrived apologetically to ex- plain why the beds could not be changed until 4 o'clock in the after- noon, I sat wearily down at a table ready to give up. “There—irony or ironies—was a: pamphlet issued by the chain of ho- | tels which operated the place where I had taken rooms. The title of it was, ‘Service in the X Hotel P GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) vention—never to let it happen at all if possible. One of the commonest causes is to make a child or baby the absolute suddenly to expect him, without due preparation, to share that attention with another. When New Baby Comes Naturally a new baby in the family is the commonest cause of jealousy. It isn’t fair to a child of three or prise on him, and then that follow expect him to bear up cheerfuily under the tragedy of see- ing his mother devote all her time to the usurper. Such a situation requires wisdom and careful handling. __If a child is taken into the fam- ily’s confidence before hand, and al: him—indeed for both children. the baby with a jealous older brother or sister is going easy a time of it, either. It ts a fallacy to think that broth- ers and sisters always love each other. ‘We know enough about cl to be quite certain FoR GOLF = {T'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND = A WOMAN On A SKATING OUTFIT AND SHE CANNOT SKATE = SHE CAN PUT ON RIDING BREE CHES — CARRY A WHIP INHER WAND = AND NEVER ‘CAN PUT SHE CAN PUT ON A BATHING SUIT AND NOT GO NEAR THE WATER = WEAR GOLF CLOTHES AND NOT PLAY GOLF - Rive A HORSE NOM NO SOONER SENDS NE TO THE STORE THAN (T STARTS RAINING CATS AN’ Dogs!’ (NW JUD WELLER'S avTomans, SELF-OPENING, PARACHUTE, AND HE MAKES HIS FIRST MOVE IN AIS. SCHEME To GET POP TO BACK SUD ~w T RAVE WIS RELEASE, ARRANGED. OF COURSE YOUNG WELLER FEELS THAT HE GOT A PRETTY ROUGH DEAL WHEN WOU HAD HIM JUGGED AFTER WE CALLED TO GET YOU TO BACK HIS LATEST INVENTION . ESSIR , CONNLE = | KNEW XA WERE PLATiN’ Hine re. letra < ra We VA FER eR BALL TEAM — an’ | THOUsHT JOE ECORI] A ALOK He Hopes The |p GINE ‘Ya SOME TPS ON “TH cuss — OON'T WANT ener Tes,’ Box! OUT ('D KINDA LiKE TA tow wo ins comers Goina RNa Vi \ S wR AN AUTOMATIC, SELF OPENING, FOOLPROOF PARACHUTE FOR AIRPLANE PASSENGERS. TWS LAD'S CLEVER.HE FIGURES THAT BOATS ARE COMPELLED BY LAW TO CARRY LIFE-PRESERVERS FOR THEIR PASSENGERS WHAT INVENTION 2 TAS AS THE FIRST TVE HEARD ABOUT IT AN (T FOR THE FELLOW: WHO'S: PREPARED Inside Stuff ATS Gass Le ou LL SEE THAT ( GET A Nice Bok SEAT FER TH’ GIRST GAME CL GIVE Ya THE DOPE ‘Ya want — ‘¢ RAIN WiLL EVER Bi; EY 4 9 \ | THE GUMPS— PUT ON YOUR OLD GRAY BONNET "WELL © | SEE HENRIETTA ZANDER WAS DOWN To TOM CARR'S OFFICE THE OTHER DAY = THESE WIDOWS — WELL = SHE KNOWS HER BUSINESS = SNELL LAND HIM XET — SHE WAS ALL DOLLED uP q 4 Reg U.S. Pat OF WELL—IT (/ VT STRUCK ME THAT IT HAD WIGHTY GOOD POSSIBILITICS AND \F YOU DID BACK HIM AT WOULD SQUARE UP THE WHOLE MESS