The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 29, 1927, Page 4

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All adghts of republication of all other matter herein are Ojiso reserved. ue Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY toSHICAGO DETROIT a Bld Kresge Bldg. a = PAYNE, witht & SMITH EW YORK Fifth Ave. Bidg. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) tu tS Economy the Goal W If cheaper transportation will result from} fhe proposed merger of the Great Northern tind the Northern Pacific lines, there can be itimate opposition. Naturally, cities ving double terminals and other dupli- aate facilitics do not want the carrier service juartailed if it is going to throw many out of wmployment and reduce pay rolls. But this is i narrow view of the whole situation and should Me sacrificed in the interests of the broader " spects of efficiency and economy. te Salary reductions at Fargo are estimated at 74,522. If some of this, however, can be tilaced in the farmers’ pockets in the way of nheaper rates, citizens of Fargo should extend bwery possible assistance and not fight the “terger on purely a self-interest basis. & The carriers are being confronted continually petitions for rate reductions on the one side Mid by demands from their employes for in- . reased wages. Labor restrictions which gov- rn the operation of the railroads, such as ours that constitute a day before overtime is ’ aid, and other regulations, tie the hands of phe management in the fixing of rates axd the xtension of service. 4 As far as is disclosed now the railroads are ctuated with a sincere desire to effect econ- mies which will ultimately improve the gPetation of the properties and pave the way or lower rates. It is hardly conceivable that whe members of the interstate commerce com- » taission will place much weight upon any other consideration than that of economical opera- ~ ition and the maintenance of a proper rate jtructure. Ft ni Rumania’s Troubles “' For such a small nation, Rumania makes a oety loud noise. The country has an area of t,500 square miles and a population of. some 000, 000 souls, or less population than greater‘ -Wew York. It seems that the smaller the talkan state, the more contentious are its proubles, Al Within its borders is a polyglot people—Jews, jereeks, Turks, Tartars, Armenians, Germans, ifagyars, Servians and Bulgarians. Evidently ithe national spirit is at low ebb and the coun- is more or less prey to this or that faction. fo woman can ascend the throne, and, in de- : Sault of a male heir, the representatives of the} Seople can choose a king among the royal fam-| ales of western Europe. Franchise is limited je certain classes upon the basis of income iraxes paid and educational qualifications. The Speration of the franchise is clumsy and in- Kolved and, although the control is apparently ested i in the people, such is not the case. Prob- “bly it is necessary to have the rule restricted -sb the so-called privileged classes, but such a pondition gives rise to intrigue among parties, hile extension of the franchise along more Gemocratic lines might bring about a bolshe- ristic control. 1,,.Many countries in Europe are confronted Dire “th a serious problem of controlling govern- dient in view of the hopes aroused by the world oar. That war was advertised as one that tould make the world safe for democracy, but x ‘hen one travels and views the democracy of + 6.00) Sowing Good Seed That “good seed was sown” by the recent agricultural and industrial exhibit of North Dakota products which was shown at county fairs in Minnesota and by J. M. Devine, commissianer of immig , mus i be agreed. Such an exhibition as that which the immigra- tion department sponsored dces much toward attracting interest in North Dakcta and in the cheap land vailable here. There are meny peo- ple who can be reached much more easily when they have visual evidence of whet a stete pro- duces than when they read abcut those seme producis, When the advantages being detailed, such exhibiis as those of the imraigretion depertme: are of great value. Through them c2n be reached many people who otherwise would not take cognizance of the pos- sibilities of this state. | Editorial Comment Politicians (Toledo Blade) Various explanations are published in con- nection, with the news of the resignation of Mrs. Geraldine M. Thompson, New Jersey member of the Republican national commit- tee. One story is that she quit active participa- tion in politics on account of the serious illness of arelative. Another is that she was disgust- ed with “professional politicians who play poktics as a game, yet often without regard to the rules of common honesty vital to any sport.” Doubtless some men and women professional politicians play the game dishonestly and un- ethicaly. Most of them do not play it that way. Politicians are recruited from the ranks of lawyer's, doctors, preachers, engincers, business men, business women, workers of all kinds of both sexes. They are fairly representative of American citizenship. Mrs. Thompson and other citizens can do more to improve political conditions by getting into politics and staying in, than they possibly can do by getting out of politics f North Dakota are ‘HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1927 We should quit only as Napoleon did, when there is nothing left but abdication. School Costs (Minneapolis Journal) That twenty-six cents of every tax dollar collected in Minneapolis is spent for school pur- poses, and this despite the board of estimate’s failure to allow higher salary maxima for teachers, is enough to make the average citizen do a littel pondering. The problem of rising school costs is not pe- culiar to Minneapolis. It is a nation-wide prob- lem, and one that is beginning to inspire dis- cussion and debate in many parts of the coun- try. In 1890 it cost American taxpayers a hundred and forty million dollars to teach twelve million children. In 1925 teaching twice as many children cost fourteen times as much. The figures are those of the United States Bureau of Education. Taking into consideration the lowered value of the dollar, that remains a whale of an in- crease in the school bill. It is an increase hitherto not criticized as freely as it might have been, for the American public, during the third of a century that has seen the bill multiplied fourteen times, has had a habit of looking on school expenditures as something sacrosanct, something hardly open to examina- tion by mere laymen. Today there is, however, a different note in the air. Schoolmen themselves are beginning to speculate on whether an unlimited enrich- ment of the public school curriculum has not} been carried to the point where not only is it | rohibitively costly, but is working an actual | detriment to the pupils. One such critic is Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, president of the Carne- gie foundation for the advancement of teach- ing, who says: The striking characteristic of our schools under the process of enrichment of the curriculum is superficiality, coupled with tremendously rising cost. . . . Edu- cation in the elementary schools, instead of meaning a thorough grounding in the fundamentals, means a smattering of many things, some of them important, some of them pleasant, and many of them medi- ocre and trivial. The pupil is injured instead of being helped, thinks Dr. Pritchett, and those who agree with him, not only because he gets a trifling smat- ‘europe, the wonder is if anything would be " cafe i in its hands under present conditions, =}, Rumania is confronted with a serious prob- “vm, involving succession to the throne. Doubt- “Mss parties out of control are using that situ-|. ion to feather their own nests. Prince Carol, pretender, may be merely the puppet of a etain political groups. At this distance it he to gauge properly the currents of pub- life in unhappy Rumania. Mr. Hoover and Fair Play E the Kansas City Star has done some real “ood by clarifying the situation of Herbert <fioover with regard to the fixing of wheat = wices during the war, as printed in Friday’s une. Hoover did not set the prices and he no suggestions that the price be set at ~ by particular point, the Star says, and it of- » 3rs statements by members of the committee =Bhich did set the price in support of its point. ~© Regardless of Mr. Hoover’s merits, the cause 2B fair play must be espoused when it comes th discussing: his record. Mr. Hoover may rg done things with which some of our west- senators cannot agree, but he should not 2 accused of having a hand in things which cerned him only indirectly: ©It does seem, on second thought, as if this 5 fang charge were mighty slim stuff, way in which it has been presen the ‘public smacks of the old bull-roaring Follette days. fixing the blame for the situation at any peicear time, a should not bring misstate- seseipapenacomavacaccmen cies nvm SET —— from the state- "the Bar printed is that a whith ar fap Hoover chair as a successor to Mr. sometuslty to cx te, he will| v eos his acts and 4 himself charges of alleged wrong. For the opponents, whether oes aloe ehos should be more , anon, on the ae ae that ae | is a thing to be exercised even w! bitterest enemies are concerned. li tering of a great many things instead of learn- ing a few things well, but because “intellectual discipline has been notably weakened.” That is to say, the pupil is so busy acquiring shal- low snacks of information, that he has no time in which to learn to think. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia, goes even further in deprecating the value of the education now dispensed in the public school. “The ability to read,” he says, has well-nigh disappeared, if the reading be serious, instructive or ennobling; the ability to writ, so far as it exists at all, delights to manifest itself in forms of ex- ceptional crudeness and vulgarity; the ability to perform the simplest mathemat- ical operations is . , . confined to tcach- ers of mathematics or to specialists. Dr. Butler is known to be such a sturdy apostle of things as they used to be, that his criticism may be looked upon as slightly hy- perbolic, but, the country over, employers com- ing into direct contact with the product of to- day’s schools find evidence to support the con- tention that the curriculum has been “en- riched” with so many new subjects that the Three R’s have been sunk without trace, as Dr. Butler laments. Furthermore, important corroboration comes from Dr. William M. ted) Thornton of the University of Virginia, who says colleges and universities today are get- ting from the lower schools students the majority of whom can neither read in- telligently, nor write respectably, nor spell correctly, nor compute as accurately as an ordinary grocer’s clerk, We do not think things are a fraction that bad here. Surveying school courses early this vear The Journal found much that was admir- able, when contrasted with school courses of an earlier era. Still, is it not just possible that here, as everywhere else, an attempt is being made to pour over the snonge of the ju- venile mind more liquid knowledge than that mge can absorb, the resu't heing school costs t are disproportionate with results? 4 il RODNEY DUTCHER NEA Service Writer Washington, Oct. 29.—It was per- haps time that someone smothered i the lion. Simeon D. Fess, the ebul-} lient senator from Ohio, and Presi- dent Coolidge was in a better po- sition to do so than anyone else. The Hon. Simeon had become a veritable Merry Andrew of politics. It was almost impossible to pick up a morning, afternoon or Sunday newspaper without discovering that the man was at it again. When a man with Hon. Simeon’s close con- tact with the White House spent most of his waking hours whooping up a Coolidge boom, it was natural to suspect that his outgivings had something like tacit approval from on high, Some writers seem to believe the verbal spanking Mr. Coolidge gave Fess on his last visit to the White House was tantamount to a definite announcement that Mr. Coolidge positively would not accept renom- ination. Others have a contrary opinion, + ee Despite the fact that the presi- dent had spoken heatedly he did not go so far as to tell Fess that he would not accept renomination. And when Fess quoted him as saying, “Tt won't work out that way. I won’t be nominated,” it did not appear that Mr. Coolidge planned personal interyention to see that it didn’t “work out that way.” In short, it continues toyappear that Mr. Cool- idge intends to let matters take their course, see One wonders whether the presi- dent used any good old-fashioned cuss words in his talk with Senator Simeon. He certainly has no Tepu- tation for profanity, and it is not commonly told that he has employed it even under provocation during his cco baney, of the White House, but he has a command of some of the more conventional expressions and on rare occasions as governor of Massachusetts was heard to employ them in moments of irritation, Many of us, in our unthinking way, sometimes forget that the pres- ident is the commander-in-chief of the army and navy. Officers of these two services, however, bear the WASHINGTON £ LETTER sé fact in mind and sometimes are re- minded of it forcibly. The recent experience of Géneral harles P. Summerall, the army’s chief-of-staff, may not have been adequately explained. Summerall ‘was peremptorily ordered back from the Pacific coast by his commander- in-chief after he was reported to have icized the administration for failing to relieve the bad army housing conditions. It appears that the general was speaking at a private luncheon where no reporters were supposed to be present, and was explaining to a group of Californians why the ‘army couldn’t establish an impor- tant base in their territory. Everything would have been all ht he hadn’t referred to the “administration,” as he was said to have done in published reports that found their way out of the meeting. On arriving back in Washington, Summerall was kept waiting several days before he saw the president. But Secretary of War Davis called at the White House in the meantime and is supposed to have made ex- planations for the chief-of-staff. * * Admiral Magruder of the Philadel- phia navy yard, who stirred up so much fuss with his criticisms of the navy a few wecks ago, was in the’ capital the other day. He had only one complaint on this visit and that was made unofficially and privately in the navy building. The admiral thinks that the telephone operators back at his navy yard ought to be paid more money, They work like lightning, the admiral says, and he appreciates their speed and effi- ciency, Admiral Magruder, take it from your correspondent who met him for the first time on his last visit, is one of the best. (Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.) AGS ee | A Thought 4 ———— Physician, heal thyself. — Luke 4:23, ee The fate of a nation has often depended upon: the good or bad di- gestion of a prime minister.—Vol- taire. Paris, Oct. 29.—In the. copy books, when I was.a child at school, there appeared a sentence which we had to write and rewrite many times and which thus has been cemented to my memory. It read: “The French are a thrifty people.” And, after a week in Paris, I know T never again shall be able to laugh at a Scotch sie For iesttoee! ta the rooms of French hotels are two electric lights. But such are the connections that it is impossible th have them both lighted at the same time. Press one button and the other light goes out; press the other button and the first light goes out. In wash rooms and such they will not trust you with the lights. The light flashes on only when you turn the lock.’ When you unlatch the | door it automatically goes out. sn And in the hallways of the French hotels — excepting, of course, the most expensive—the lights go out between 10 and 11 o'clock at night. If you wish to go upstairs or down there is a switch arrangement that keeps a hall light burning for two or three minutes and then automat- ically extinguishes it. They take no chances with waste. | Scores of taxi-drivers knock off duty around the noon hour and again around einen Sar they go home, And unless you beppen to be going their way they will turn you over to another driver. The other night T hailed half a dozen drivers before I got one who would accommodate me. Finally I just mentioned address and an overjoyed old fellow all but caressed me on either check because I was going but a few blocks from his home. The reason, I later found, is that they have to buy their own gasoline and won’t drive the taxi home unless they have a fare. Further, they in- sist on eating their noon meal at home to save money. Tell a New York taxi-driver to quit work at noon and drive home for lunch and see what happens! In but one oft she: big French stores have I seen a cash register. They still operate through a centrally lo- cated bookkeeper who jots down the | OUR BOARDING HOUSE Nou! Lis'eN, —T4’ GANG AT-TH’ OWL'S CLUB ARE GONNA Note Yor TH WAX DUMMY, —~—-1o MAKE tT LOOK OFFICIAL, ~~~ AN’ “THEY'S A DOZEN OF Us THAT Dy NS" Ni ARE STRINGING “To US, AN’ Yous'LL aw Now, You SEs LEAVE rT BE DUSTICE AGAIN, OR L AWT A A Ke Wri Yous t, Z| tear HUBERT IF Lov Ly WERE WEALTH, You WoULD PUT KING CROESUS OF {NDIA To SCORN! COME, LET US GO HOME-To MY DEA wy —~ T HAVE ADDED A Few NEW PIECES OF POTTERY “To MY COLLECTION, ~~ ONE ESPECIALLY “THAT WILL INTEREST You,~ A RARE QLD IND! DUG! By Ahern Jie. Aste cnenet es tei] eke ciern wold. bea [AN CORN “THE OWL'S CLUB = JREB. V. 6. PAT. OFF. (0-29 ™Y| of wheedlin; ANGINA PECTORIS RARE WITH POOR PEOPLE Angina is a painful symptom characterized by spasmodic suffocat- ing attacks. This disease is usual- ly associated with a pain in the region of the heart, and extending down the left arm. The word “pec- toral” refers to the chest or thorax and so “angina pectoris” is the Name’ given the particular symp- toms of pain in the left chest, which is combined | with spasms of the breathing appara- et It is een of disease the Dr. McCoy heart, and of the arteries which distribute into the left arm. The breast-pangs of angina pec- torjs appear most. commonly with those who are often referred to a: the “better class.” Professional mer are especially prone to this di: order. Out of three hundred case: observed, thirty-cight were phys cians. Angina pectorie is almo: never seen in public wards of hos: pitals where the poorer classes are forced to go for medical assistance. Apparently, those who do hard man- ual labor rarely contract this dis- ease. The strain and stress of mental work, or the destructive effects of worry, seem to be strong contribut- ing factors in the development of this vicious disorder which makes so many people useles§ and helpless because of recurrent attacks. Every disease must have a certain toxemia cause of a physital nature before such contributing mental causes could have any possible effect. Angina pectoris seems to be a kind of neuralgia of the heart and arter- ial blood vessels. The toxemia re- sponsible is apparently of the rheu- matic type, and the same bad habits which produce rheumatism in other | parts of the body are no doubt in a large measure responsible for the development of these neuralgic symp- toms through the heart and ad- jacent arteries. Although this is the fundamental cause, any irritation of the gastro-intestinal tract may) rapidly precipitate an at Over-| SAINF fina Joy, pleased with her importance | of being the only person admitted HEALTHDIET ADVICE wD. Frank Mc cen mouth. 2” eating or distention of the stomach with excessive gas is often respon- sible for an acute attack. Until the basic toxemia is re- moved, patients must be careful to avoid ‘disturbing emotions, and are o be especialy warned against fits of anger. in Hunter, a famous physician, used to say that “his life was in the hands of any rascal who chose to worry him,” and his fatal attack occurred during a fit of anger. Questions and Answers QUESTION: E. S. writes: “I am thirty-five years of age and have never snored before, but it is be- coming something regular with me the last year or so. I shall ap- preciate it very much if you will advise me in regard to your treat- ment of fasting and dieting.” ANSWER: Snoring is usually caused by inability to breathe freely through the nose while you are sleeping. This is because of an in- lamed condition of the membrane inside of the nose which is engorged ith catarrhal mucus. As soon as uu get rid of your catarrh through ing on the proper diet, your fam- ly will be delighted to notice that you are no longer snoring. QUESTION: Annabelle asks: “How, did, ‘Roquefort’ cheese get its name? ANSWER: This cheese was named after the French village of Roque- fort, where special herds of shee; that supply the milk are pastured. Much care is given to the diet of these sheep, and even the water that is supplied them is whitened with barley-flour. Roquefort cheese it- self goes a i ‘a very long proc- ess of preparation before it reaches the market. It is, however, a very godd protei:s food ‘when used in proper combination with other foods. QUESTION: C, B. writes: “So much saliva comes from my stom- ach it irritates my mouth and it is always sore. What should a eat to prevent this acid stomach ?” ANSWER: Saliva is formed in the mouth and does not come from the stomach. The gastric juice of the stomach is acid and will irritate your gums if it comes into the Live on good food combina- tions to overcome the hyperacidity of the stomach. SINNER And so of course she went to Cherry’s door and knocked softly, Ye e A cajolingly, to Cherry's room, bustled in and ESVA. ies lanes eke out, bumping the walls with the! clutched her throat. She knocked baby’s crib as she awkwardly ma- neuvered it into Faith’s room, and} making half a dozen trips for Hope’s tiny clothes, soap, powder, nursing bottles, etc. It was with sulky re- luctance that she at last consented to set out for school, leaving Faith to her morning’s housework and the care of the baby. She wanted nothing so much as to fall into her still unmade bed and go to sleep, while this strange; indifference and emotional apathy lasted, promising her complete ob- livion, But there was the baby to be bathed and dressed and fed; three beds to be made, the bath- room to be made sweet and tidy after_Bob’s tumultous session in it. As she dusted and polished and ran the vacuum cleaner she tried to convince herself that she did not intend to force herself upon Cherry. If Cherry did not want to see her, she certainly did not want to see Cherry! She had had enough and mollifying bad- tempered, selfish people. Good wom- en, unselfish women, women who loved their husbands and families devotedly were always made door- mats of. And she’d had enough of being a doormat. From now on, Bob and Cherry could do a_ little cajoling and mollifying on their own account, if harmony was to be at- tempted in this crazy household. She’d show them! Nobody ever wonderes. if she felt tired aod ill; tried to save her-work or to help rege oe with it! Nobody tried to win her into a good humor when she felt dispirited ang grouchy. Why, she could not even enjoy the luxury of p spell of the blues, for fear she would depress her pampered sister and husband, Well, she’d show them!! (Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.) Well, she’d show them sales. And the customet has to wait until she has properly arranged her debits and credits. Incidentally, the one place I saw a cash register, also had a central kookkeeper to make sure that the cash register didn’t make any mis- takes. Or perhaps it was vice versa. When the shops are closed for an hour or more at lunch time so the Pp tor can go home to eat, all clerks must be out of the place. The French merchant, they tell me, will not trust his stock and money to his help. Yet I have never seen a more ees people. The number of rob- beries, holdups, petty thefts and such are less than in an average small American town. Yet they tell you this is the wickedest city in the world. Compared to Manhattan, Paris seems to me almost Lie ig Its “wickedness” consists in the fi dom it allows its citizens and visi- tors. It does not attempt to pry into their business and if they care to drink they can drink. It gives them all the wine, ‘women and son; they want—but it does it so casual- ly that you would poesit notice if. Manhattan gives you all the wine, women and song you want, but you can hear the ereverberation from Thirty-eighth street to Columbus Circle, GILBERT SWAN. | (Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.) [aan A New York pastor says he is unalterably 0 to religion in politics and never vote for any- éne but a Protestant. : Manhattan cab driver found $450 in the back seat “That one Yo it. figured one SOS caste by accepting small tips. Tf all the ice ean in tae Uni- ted States were laid end ta end, again, more loudly, and called coaxe ingly: “Cherry! Cherry, darling! It's Faith. Can’t I do something for rou?’ _ “Go away!” a petulant, high voice answered, “I told Joy I didn’t want to see anyone,” “But if you’re sick, dear—” Faith pleaded, her resolutions forgotten in her fear and love. “I’m not sick!” Cherry’s voice came sharply. “I just want to be left alone. The only shingis the matter with me is that I hate my- self and I want to die, Go away!” Faith turned the knob and was so relieved to find that the door wag not locked that she felt faint for moment. Cherry was sitting up in | bed or rather was crouching in the middle of it, her bright head with its tumbled copper-and-gold _ curls bowed upon her crossed arms, locked about her knees. “Darling, don’t frighten me like this!” Faith pleaded, her voice breaking. At oe sound, Cherry’ flung wy her head and faced her sister wit stricken, angry eyes, their golden color deepened by the pale violet shadows that lay under them. “Oh, why can’t you let me alone, Faith? You mean so well, but you simply cannot endure for anyone to suffer in silence. You never could! You’re always wanting to spare people their emotions, to comfort them. A little honest suffering would be good for me! But will you let me do it? Oh no!” Faith, her face scarlet with hu- miliation, fled from the room. NEXT: her heart to Faith. (Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.) reckless drivers would have an easier job. whe Many a political platform that is called “a vans ne of fiction” turns out to bea st-seller. In some renpects, Al sgt ts an ideal candidate. He films well and has a perfect voice for broadcasting. ‘Did you ase po the Scotch lawyer who acted as his wife's counsel when she sued for divorce? The Russian (am seems to have beaten’ its shares. Wha time hair? Repentent, Cherry opens swords into oil Leeman ee