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enone eee ge MST ZS ESE ! Te npmeReaNR N RN MONE OR anne Oe aN TNR C Daily by mail, per year, {PAGE FOUR ‘The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by the Bismerck Tribune C-mpany, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bis- vaarck as second class mail matter. Ceorge D. Mann .. +soeeesPresident and Publisher Subseription Rates Payable In Advance Daily by carrier, per year .. sve (in Bismarck) . Daily by mail, per year, (in state outside Bismarck) Daily by mail, vutside of North Dakota ‘Weekly by mail, im state, per year Weekly by mail, :a state, three years for . Weekly by mail, outside of North Dako’a, year Member Audit Bureau of Circa! Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news ulspatches credited to it or not otherwise credited im this newspaper, and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other mat- ter herein are also reserved. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN sen) Pelee NEW YORK - - - Fifth Ave. lg. cucaco. DETPOIT ‘Tower Bidg. Kresge Bldg. (Official City. State and County Newspaper) « — Problem of Misfits The misfit or the subnormal individual has come to be a perplexing problem in today’s social structure. In former years, when the pace was not so rapid, and when the pressure of earning one’s living was not so great, the misfit and the subnormal got along fairly well. Today efficiency has become the keynote, and the individual who cannot keep. up with his fellows finds few niches in which he can fit. The problem then is one of adjustment to exist- ing conditions. Thousands of individuals are held to be subnormal when the real difficulty lies in the fact that they are wrongly placed in the scheme of things. They struggle along against heavy odds, unhappy and unproductive, when through adjustment of the factors that surround their lives they might be made useful members of society. Social service agencies and workers seem to have overlooked this field of service. An ex- ception is New York City where there is a neurological institute devoted to this branch of social service. What would be the rewards of this work? There is a possibility of making thousands of ‘men and women happy and successful. There are thousands to be made productive now and independent in later years. Even the suicide toll might be curtailed, for a large percentage of suicides come from this class of unfortunates. The idea, fortunately, is spreading that cor- rective work with misfits and subnormals can be of great value. More effort in this direction might prove a partial solution of the crime and pauper problems. Future df the White Race Figures gleaned from somewhere by a lecturer on that eternal question “Can the white race survive?” show that of the 12,500,000 babies born in the world every year only 2,500,000 are of white parentage. The remain- ing 10,000,000 include Africans, Orientals and other Asiatics, and all other non-white peoples. The same lecturer finds that the negro popu- Jation in America today is 15,000,000, compared with 250,000 in 1790; that the white British people number 67,000,000, while in India alone there are 70,000,000 Mohammedans; that Japan’s annual increase in population is more than ten times that of Australia. Such racial statistics have a way of making alarmists of otherwise rational people. In fact the compiler of the figures given herewith fears the white race is destined to eventual extinction and cited his statistics as “proof” that his fears are well founded. His own computations, showing the white race to be multiplying at the rate of 2,500,000 @ year, disproves his theory of extinction, but for purposes of argument, what of it if the world some day should be populated by blacks, browns and yellows? A Wesleyan clergyman has aptly remarked that the world was not made for white people; it was made for mankind. And an- ’ other Anglo-Saxon has observed that white men should not fear those of another color but should feel a tremendous responsibility toward em. “Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries or distinctions of race.” And racial prejudices and fears are the fruits of differ- ences in culture and customs, not in color. 250 Millions on Books e Despite such distractions as ocean flights, H “heavyweight championship fights and Missis- sippi floods, the American people last year man- aged to spend $250,000,000 on books. These figures were revealed at the convention of the American Booksellers’ Association in At- lantic City recently. The money bought ap- imately 200,000,000 books—twice the num- sold annually a decade ago. Of course, a great number of these books ‘were utter trash and might as well never have been written. Yet the fact remains that this unheard-of sale of books indicates a vast intel- lectual curiosity and alertness on the part of the American public. And this is something more or less new. For a great many years the citizens of the | republic had little use for any abstract ideas. Hard, concrete facts were all that interested anyone. One of the greatest poets in the world’s history—Walt Whitman—was unable to " more than a ripple of public attention. p Yan Wyck Brooks has pointed out how Mark ‘Twain, born to be a Swift or a Cervantes, had ‘to content himself with harmless. jocosities be- all machines are futile and soul-searing. 000 annually on books? as materialistic antl unthinking as some people tell us. We are not stagnating into a com- placent conservatism. We are more alert and awake than ever before. It is all immensely encouraging. The Christian General Dispatches from China indicate that Feng Yu-hsiang, the “Christian general,” may emerge shortly as China’s “strong man.” If he does, his activities as ruler of the Chinese will be worth watching. That would not only be because China, for the first time would be ruled by a Ch though that fact, in itself, would be sufficiently startling. But Feng, in many other ways, is quite a forward-looking individual. He is tinged with a good deal of our occidental ef- ficiency and love of order. ciplined in China. He establishes factories, wars on profiteers, tries'to ameliorate poverty by providing employment, plans to develop China’s tremendous natural resources of oil, iron, coal and timber. If he should ascend to power it might be that he would do much to make China a united,.prosperous nation. At any rate, his efforts along that line would be highly interesting. European Industry If you think that industrial Europe has en- War, consider these figures presented by the | foreign information department of the Bank- ers Trust Co., of New York. British blast furnaces have shown an im- provement in pig iron production, turning out 592,600 tons during March as compared with 550,800 tons in February. Yet in 1913 the monthly average was 855,000 tons. -Present production, therefore, is still 25 per cent below per-war levels. To a nation that leans on its industries as heavily as England does, that margin is im- portant. The World War, verily, was an ex- pensive undertaking for everybody involved. It will be many, many years before workers and employers have ceased to pay for it. Fortunately, a book that improves your mind seldom makes ycu as dull as the author. There's the brighter side. Every time any- body dies, some relative is relieved of a critic. It isn’t generosity that makes a free spender that way; he spends most of it on himself. There’s much consolation in the thought that drug stores couldn’t make a living by selling drugs alone. The greater part of civilization’s expense is caused by the effort to keep the fit from trim- ming the unfit. _ Greatness is just a matter of range. The ignorant man knows his back yard better than anybody else, Editorial Comment “Reading the Riot Act” (Pathfinder) Riot Act, which was enacted by the British Parliament in 1714 during the first year of the reign of King George I. Although laws had been previously passed on the subject, the Riot Act was the first comprehensive attempt to prevent or suppress tumultuous and riotous Meetings. It provided that if 12 or more per- sons were unlawfully assembled and disturbing the peace, the sheriff, justice of the peace, or mayor was commanded to read the following proclamation in their pnesence: “Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons being assembled immediately to dis- perse themselves, and peacefully to depart to their habitations or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George for preventing tumultuous and riotous assemblies. God save the King.” If the persons refused to disperse and continued together for an hour or more, they were guilty of felony. Many of the American states have enacted similar laws. “To read the riot act” literally means to give notice to a crowd to disperse under penalty of law. Popularly, it means to give warning, call up for reprimand, or to rebuke severely. The American Farmer (Grand Rapids, Mich., Herald) John T. McCutcheon, The Chicago Tribune’s brilliant cartoonist, knows his farmers. Mc- Cutcheon has giyen The Tribune many powerful cartoons, but never one more graphically teach- ing a little-understood story than Tuesday’s sketch of the American farmer. McCutcheon’s farmer has retired for the night to his modest bed. His working trousers hang over the bed- post, his boots are on the floor beside him, He is ready for sleep, but phantom figures of plaguing problems perplex his mind. He cannot sleep. The fear of killing frosts, insect pests, crop failure, overproduction, drought, floods, excessive rainfall, unsympathetic legislation, and high freight rates keep him awake. This is a fair picture of the American farmer as we and sterile. A nation that lives and dies by the | machine, we fairly lap up books telling up that What does it mean, anyway? ‘Why are we, the hard-facts Ameficans, spending $250,000,- It means, plainly enough, that we are not half tian—al- His soldiers are the best drilled and dis- tirely recovered from the effects of the World|. “Reading the riot act” was suggested by thc|* Speaking of ‘Yellow Terro THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE It’s Not All in China HELP! ‘BRING UP THE By _RODNEY DUTCHER NEA Service Writer Washington, May committe in was willing to t. dential campaign issues. “I don't know what the cam- was the only maz. foun The senator’s __ political |he is commonly reg y, £0 here oes: ything depends the conve on take them up. in both parties who nouncing the progre control both conventions we won't |hear much about those issues from jeither party. . * “Monopoly ought to be the main power trust. “7 issue is linked with the tion of our natural re- . particularly water power. “Punishment of those who have violated the law, who have bribed and debauched | the government, ought to be somewhat of gn issue, it seems tor. “And railroad freight rates. umption of power by the s become a vitally im- Appointments of ions of public trust in which they are supposed to serve the people,as a whole ought not to come from’ the fellows who believe implicitly that big business can do no wrong. That has brought about a very unsatisfactory situation. “T suppose endorsement of the Coolidge policics will be an fssue. but it involves all that sort of thing. eee “T don’t see how our foreign policy can help becoming an issue, after the war in Nicaragua during LETTER 24.—Senator | George W. Norris of Nebraska,|¢ither to endorse or condemn the | chairman of the Senate judiciary |!@me duck amendment. id | arch of Capitol Hill who | it about -presi- | creed |, isn't popular with many people bas in the fact that the House of Rep- ‘ded here as |e: : 0 the biggest man in the Senate to-|ligarchy of five or six men. what ions,” he be- s can’t evade the biggest issues if the Democrats If the standpatters @ been de-| "1 _ e element | 2V0id prohibition enforcement as an/ One can’t if the other| issue. We ought to have a candi- date who would be willing to tackle) + tre the trusts, particularly the water! Senator Norris, of course, is the} | which we have killed so many na- i tives. “The parties and candidates ought “That issue ought to be brought up in the campaign of every senator and representative who voted | against it. Those who favor it fought to stress it in every cam- paign issues will be,” he said, “but |Paign and the voters ought to de- ay tell you what they ought to! mand how their representatives in | Congress voted on it—and why “There is another serious |resentatives is controlled by an The reason is that it is so large that | power has to be concentrated in the ‘hands of a few to make the machine jwork. The real cure for that is | to cut the membership down to about 200, “I don’t see how both parties can issue. doesn't. | “The people ought to |that the prohibition law forced in good faith. | “It never has been.” demand | be en- man who has fought for years, al- | most alone, to keep the great gov- ‘ernment property at Muscle Shoals, | Ala., from being turned over to pow- er companies for private exploita- | tion, |. He first became nationally prom- inent when he led the revolt of the House insurgents against the iron , dictatorship of Speaker Joe Cannon. He has been an insurgent ever since and is probably the only real pro- gressive leader in the country who is never accused of being demagogic or insincere, He is the only man now in the Senate who voted against’ the declaration of war on Germany and probably the only one ithere who never plays partisan politics. The lame duck amendment to which he refers is his own, It would end the lame duck, or short session, by bringing each new Con- gress into office within a couple of months of its election instead of 13 months later, as now. Everyone sue | The Norris amendment has ee the House this year defeated it. evil. |i the Senate several times, Darling Mom: Don’t worry | shout Pede. | watching that bimbo like a hawk. | He's too innocent to be true. There |wasn’t a hint of any change in his jmanner toward me at lunch. I'm At first I thought everything was the ‘same as before his encounter with |Norman, but on second thought I jdon’t see how he could expect to jtake up our friendship just where lit was when I dropped it. I was very careful not to give him a chance to open up on the 4ub- ject of his affections. In fact I told him frankly that I didn’t in- tend to accept any more invitations from him. But this once, I said, was just to tell him how sorry I was that my boy friend had been so brash as to start something in the street. He said he would be pleased to meet my “muchacho” on the field of honor any time. “Muchacho,” I gathered, is Spanish for “boy.” Well, I got agreat idea from his remark, T'll tell you about it if it comes to anything. id After lunch, he wanted me to go for a drive with him, but I feared he wouldn’t take seriously my de- cision not to see him again if I did, so I let him buy me a lovely bunch of gardenias and send me to where I wanted to go in his car. I went to Shirley's. d You should have seen her eyes pop open when I told her to look out of the window and she.saw the car. Then I went down and sent the driver away. I had told him when I went in to wait for me. I wanted Shirley to see Pede’s car because she’s always boasting about the imported car she rides in. I was too excited to notice at first that she had a on admits that the present system is her head. I thought it was a ban- Ae SAKE, THAT S HAT WILL MAKE Goop Tee TH, — I know him. The city man goes to and from his work daily, unworried by storms, frosts, and droughts. If he assemblés the necessary mate- rial with adequate machinery he can rest, as- sured that whatever he starts out to manu- cor he knew the public would not buy any- But more weighty. s the Julum has swung fhe other way, h a vengeance. Instead of ‘ignoring new we are fairly falling over ourselves to his fortyne is made. , With heaven-rend- tion| be oversupplied, This is the facture will be produced as finished product. But the farmer plants his seeds in the spring, and immediately his worries begin. arly frosts may blight the sprouting plants. Insect pests may nibble the leaves and destroy the roots. Rain may flood his fields and drown the crops or fail utterly and leave them to wither in thirst. Even though in a good season he may. produce a bumper crop, he is harassed by the knowledge that other farmers also have similar rich harvests and the parte likely -will f? a io ox insansiioon veetriae can farmer. He is an industrious, persevering, tenacious, steadfast, pertinacious optimist, who deserves whatever legislative relief it is possible to grant him od : . | OUR BOARDING HOUSE HMF, «JUST. LISTEN To THIS LETTER (LLY BROTHER OF MINE, ave” DEAR MATOR, ~~ HERE'S SOME NEWS ‘YoU GNASH Nour Two AM GOING To ~THE_¢ REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN KANSAS CITY, AS A DELEGATE FROM “He CHICAGO DISTRICTI we T WILL BE HELPING To \. WHILE AS A DUSTICE OF THE PEACE, “THe BEST You CAN Do IS FINE VEGETABLE PEDDLERS. FOR HOLLERING WITHOUT A LICENSE! ~YouRS, SAKE 7 BURA You. UP! He AUT Gols! AS A DELEGATE, TUL BET! <Not TH? WAY HE CAN ROLL DICE, AN’ SHUFFLE CARDS!.] ‘THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1925 PHYSIC-THERAPY TREAT- MENTS »So many people ask me about electrical and physical methods of treatment that I am giving you a list that contains some of those most frequently referred to in quesions. Practical every doctor’s office contains some of these apparatus for applying physio-therapy. Deep therapy lamps. These lamps are found in a variety of forms and they are all good. Their action increases the amount of blood in a given area, and relaxes the tissues. They are a useful ad- junct to any form of manipulative treatment. They promote the ab- sorption of toxins and increase the rapidity of healing. They are use- ful in lessening the danger of post- operative adhesions, and in soften- ing adhesions that have already formed. Ultra-violet ray, known by various names as: Actinic ray, quartz light, alpine light, kromire lamp, mercury-quartz. This type of light tans the skin and increases the body’s ability to absorb calcium and to metabolize fat. It is a very use- ful method in such deficiency dis- eases as anemia and tuberculosis. It can also be used to destroy tissues and is frequently used to remove skin blemishes; also in certain throat conditions. This ray is pres- ent in sunlight, but will not pene- trate glass. It may cause blindness if allowed to, shine directly into the eyes, and for this reason both doc- tor and patient use special glass when treating with this ray. Spe- cial carbons may be used in carbon are lamps to generate this ray. The actinic ray does not penetrate very deeply, its action being principally on the blood as it passes through the surface capillaries of the skin. Intra-red. This ray is one of the most penetrating rays known, and is especially valuable to promote the granulation of wound and stimu- late the healing power of the body. This is the ray that penetrates through the soil and causes the seeds to sprout. It is invisible to the naked eye. Pictures may be taken by its means in a_ totally darkened room. Diathermy. This is a high-fre- quency current that means “heat in between.” This is exactly what it does. By means of diathermy a physician can cause any amount of heat to be formed internally or ex- ternally. And, furthermore, the hottest point may be directed to gl- most any depth. desired. Sup) the physician desires to apply heat in the lungs in case of pneumonia; he simply arranges the pads and current accordingly .and develops any desired heat right inside the lungs where it does the most good. The temperature of the current may be increased to such an extent as to prove a cautery, and is frequent- ly used to remove moles and warts. High-frequency and violet ray are simply mild forms of diathermy, and are used for stimulation. The many uses of this type of current are astounding. It can be used to either raise or lower the blood pressure and can be used any place that heat would be useful, in many 3) pots where no other method of lyit heat can be used. ited Sinusoidal and Morse wave cur- rents are methods of applying elec- Dr. McCoy will gladly answer Personal questions on health and diet, addressed care of the Tribune, °° Enclose a stam; envelope for cia sien es tricity so that it will act on muscles and tissues of the roi very much in the same manner as normal nerve impulses. One trained in the use of this current can put @ person’s muscles through a regu- lar series of gymnastics without any voluntary effort on the part of the subject. You can readily see iow valuable this current would be in cases of paralysis, and in in- testinal weakness. This is a very useful method of raising prolapsed organs, such as the uterus or stomach. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Question: ‘G. K. writes: “I am taking codliver oil to gain weight and as the taste is so disagreeable I take orange juice with it. Will the orange juice assist me in gaining weight? I am also troubled with blackheads, although I keep my face thoroughly clean. Would a raw fruit and vegetable diet over- come this latter condition without oe me too thin, ant Should I ;continde my codliver oil during this diet?” Answer: It is not necessary for you to take codliver oil if it is so disagrecable to you, for all of the necessary vitamins are contained in green vegetables. A raw food or fruit diet will help you to overcome the intestinal poisoning which is causing you to have blackheads. Leave out of your diet all kinds of oils and fats for awhile, except a small amount of butter. The orange juice fast will assist you in gaining weight, in that your blood will be so cleansed by the fast that you will derive more good from your food afterwards. Question: J. H. G. writes: “I read so much about acidosis, and my doc- tors have told me that this is the cause of my trouble, but they do not tell me how to get rid of it, Can you help me with any advice? Answer: The blood never be- comes acid until death takes place, but because of dietetic errors the blood which is normally alkaline, loses some of its alkalinity. No actual acid condition is present, but only a decrease in the blood’s alkalinity. To increase the bases or alkalies of the blood, use more green vegetables, combine your foods properly, exercise enough to keep your metabolism balanced, and substitute constructive habits of thought for destructive ones. Acidosis is a forerunner of many diseases, and an alkaline balance must be maintained or you will be subject to one disease after another which finds root and starts growth in acidosis. deau because she had a ribbon over the gauze. It seems she got a frightful blow on her head while riding with this boy friend who drives the foreign car. About two weeks ago she went out with him and he wanted to get to a certain inn before it closed. Shirley says she begged him to slow up but he wouldn’t do it. They hit a bump and she was thrown against the top of the car and knocked un- conscious. Her father says he’s going to sue Ted, that’s the boy. Must close now and write a note to Michello. Dearest love, MARYE. TOMORROW: About Pede and Norman. o 4 ———— | IN NEW YORK | ~———— New York, ‘May 24.—Modern in- vention has put an end to the Man- hattan job to which I had looked forward for my declining years. Lesstar pa it bed < py this it jo ‘was en as of penile It con- lc power company heavy clouds, or storms, were sighted. Since the i st chai in light means Sietiess See I Sr ees will suddenly switch on their lights, | a the power plant must be prepa: to meet the emergencies. en the city is plunged ye parkas by sudden storm o: appear- ging clouds) the went on day upon 8 it an poet in y oggn,Dlleagbe cr one’s post ia one Oe ee fe Bolg happier tak iba ft wi pier to sit philosophi Ol approaching side! But a little mechanical device tells of the coming storms, and a worker has merely to at a fluctuating arrow. ee smoke clouds. This setting 4 there still Lng sing that idyllic of belay apes to Central Park flock of sheep. - phigh fy Sm asi go-round; when sunset is sending the first i ? y i rl # . ° Fifteen thousand girlies — fro; 1 if aquint | good coal and fish, then, crash the gate of Flo Ziegfeld each season, so I am told. And 800 is the maximum number he is likely to select, even in a busy season. What of the other 14,200? Ziegfeld makes his famous selec- tions in a bare-looking rehearsal hall. An extraordinary number of applicants are accompanied by their mothers. Scores of these have the notion that, thanks to the strange yarns that go about, their daughters will be made to strip for inspection. As a matter of fact, nothing of the sort happens in any legitimate pro- ducting concern. When the candi- dates have been reduced to the ne- cessary quota they are asked to one ad appear in bathing suits, Ziegfeld, by the way, is the son of a prominent figure in the world of music—the late head of the Chi- cago College of Music. Few re- call, by the way, that his first wife was the famous Anna Held, whose figure was considered the “ne plus ultra” of grandpa’s day. GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) cd with pub wilky,Propartd, lic utility pro) la, says a ey ae boot- leggers ought to let the young lone, 3 eee A or says there are lots of vitay in spinach, The trouble is they knock the fillings out of one’s teeth. eee become of the old- What has be vigil feabicned designation “cigaret- ere Prince Carol, ordered to leave Fnpland, went to Belgium. Too he couldn’t come over to Amer- tion Graal would have the young people need is lots of good advice, says Hen: Ford. It will have to cone they have a car to take it ; eee Accordidg to the law of aver- out-of ten wives, three are says a club woman. But » of course, we can’t have ten wives, . (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) HE'S HOLDING THE BAG iS lip ergtapeiponys Novilla is He confessed to” ad Pete ke ae oe because his son friend, John a) ‘who was the Rinilli promised to retumed from the real culprit, w. to Bs whi want go on his tals event, butthe’ heart as and they're holding Novilla cece! curity. : new glass, said to “admit health-giving ultra-violet is paid moulded’ into ‘Tats for women, BARBS | ” ”