The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 24, 1928, Page 4

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) WOMEN VOTERS’ OPPORTUNITY Approximately 58,000,000 citizens of the United States may, if they choose to do so, qualify to vote in the presidential election on November 6. Of this num- -ber 49 per cent, or 28,500,000 are women. How many of these women will go to the polls in November? How will they vote? Party leaders may not be losing sleep over these questions, but they would listen attentively to any one who could give even approximately correct answers. They may have ceased to view the woman's vote as a leading political problem, as it was considered eight years ago, when the nation-wide enfranchisement of ‘women became effective. Nevertheless, they realize that even a small fraction of these potential voters might bring about a great change in party fortunes— if they became aroused. after in guessing at the country’s capacity for auto- mobviles. Both are convinced it :s infinite, Ti:2 motor problem of today is rather the provision of sufficient | highway mileage to hold all the automobiles and motor trucks. The publie’s capacity for installment buying is ob- viously not less limited than its desire for automobiles. When the last payment on the first car is made they are ready for the first installment on a new one. UNHURRIED MEXICO ‘ We have a hunch we'd like to live in Mexico, chair and a stick on the deck outside. to open the door he stood on the chair, reached in with the stick and manipulated the latch from the inside, And, the writer says, since that worked well enough it never occurred to anyone to get a new key. Similarly, the fuel the steamer used was carried aboard by files of Indians at various landings. dians came aboard, single file, on a lone plank; as a result, none of them could go ashore for a sécond load until all had come aboard. Nobody thought to speed things up by laying a second plank so that the stream of workers would not be delayed. istence seems a bit attractive, after the hurried ef- ficiency of this country. Doesn't it? DRIVING 80 MILES AN HOUR A New York society couple recently bet that they could drive their automobile to Boston in less time than the fastest train between the two cities required. They did it and won their bet; but the Massachusetts state police are looking for them because they broke so many speed laws. The driver, interviewed by reporters, is quoted as saying complacently that “we had her up around 80” a good part of the time. He admitted that they “had a few narrow escapes,” but said they got through un- harmed. All automobile drivers should hope that the police get hold of this pair. Skimming over main roads at 80 So far the politicians have had little cause for worry. In the two presidential elections since the adoption of the nineteenth amendment, not more than 35 to 40 per cent of the eligible women cast their ballots. The Na- tional League of Women Voters has admitted the truth Of the popular belief that in non-voting women are the ‘Worst offenders. And a still more pertinent fact, per- Baps, is that the small voting percentage has made lit- tle difference in the results. Not a boss has been un- seated, nor has a reactionary committee been wrested from the old-time control, nor has a convention broken away from its familiar towage. Nothing has been changed, except that the number of docile ballot-drop- pers has approximately been doubled. This year may witness the “revolution” which the suf- fragettes predicted would come with equal suffrage. The women voters are aroused. They have accepted the challenge in Governor Smith’s wet campaign. American womanhood—nmillions strong—will not fail the cause of prohibition on November 6, AUTOMOBILE MERGERS Recent combinations of large automobile companies were not an unexpected development. Mergers have Yong been predicted as the sequel of the intense compe- sition which has prevailed in the business and of the difficulty smaller units ehcounter in obtaining a fair Bhare of the trade which inevitably gravitates to the dominating factors. These latter, with their enormous resources, their big output and their highly skilled management, fighting vigorously for public favor, have steadily reduced Prices of their products and set a pace which makes the going hard for their weaker competitors. Notwith- standing assurances that there was business enough for all and there would be no war, few have doubted that conditions would arise which would force com- Dinations. I¢ is a logical process, and in line with present Amer- miles an hour is little less than idiocy. No man has the right to endanger other motorists in that way. A short jail sentence might persuade this wealthy thrill-seeker that trying to beat fast trains with an automobile is not @ sport that any community can countenance. Things even up. American prisons are harder to get into but easier to get out of. | Editorial Comment A COUNTRY DOCTOR (Milwaukee Journal) Doc Gordon, 77, country doctor in the little Missou town of Bunker for fifty-six years, was given a part the other day by some four hundred of his “children”— men and women, boys and girls he has helped into the world in -he last half century. Doc was barely able to get to the party because child No. 6,744 chose just about that time to be born. He managed, however, and had the time of his life among the kids, every one of whom he had met at the first possible moment and most of whom he had attended in every illness since. Probably, as he looked about during dinner, he considered for a moment what his fifty-six years of service had brought him. If so, he must have been satisfied. Doc does not wear the gleaming white uniform of his up-to-now city confrere. His office is not a marvel of card indexes, diagnostic machinery and sanitation. All such ‘trimmings he foreswore when he chose to be fam- ily doctor to the plain people of a Missouri countryside. But his fame as a medicine man is as great as the greatest in the little town of Bunker. People swear by him—and call him Doc. What more could any man really want? Many a city man, collecting his thou- sands in his tiny and no end monotonous specialty—in you go and out you come—may well envy Doc Gordon his free range of ills to cure and his rich recompense in a people’s love. ‘ Bile ESS A COOLIDGE PRECEDENT (Minneapolis Journal) Calvin Coolidge’s vacation, his last one as President, nears its end. Shortly he will be back in Washington, fican methods to eliminate overhead, lower costs of pro- duction and stabilize business. It is peculiarly adapt- able to the motor industry, in which a concern that can- mot supply cars at prices to suit the varied demand finds itself at a distinct disadvantage. And the public should benefit from the economies, as there is little likelihood that competition will not be keen enough to Serve as a check on exploitation and as an incentive to increased efficiency and improvement in output. Monopoly loses some of its alarming aspects in an fndustry which must look to low prices to invite the constant increase in demand which is Necessary to op- erate an enormous productive capacity on a profitable basis. In a business on which the national prosperity ‘0 largely depends combination, in strong hands and un- der natural restraint, is preferable to a fight for the survival of the fittest. £ WAR IS STILL THINKABLE ~ Back in 1920 General Pershing said: “We may ask urselves whether civilization really does reach a point se Sphere it begins to destroy itself—and whether we are doomed to go d headlong down through destructive war fo darkness.” More recently he declared “the re- peated which rests upon enlightened governments emaumce war as a policy is too great to be neg- ‘These are not new thoughts, but uttered by a “hard- ” warrior they come with new importance and a | Rew impressiveness. The argument is simply that men is nations must come to regard war as men and indi- regards murder; that murder on the large scale must be seen in the same light by governments as the ‘Murder of one man is seen by courts and society. It the rational statement of the view that war as an in- mnt of settling international disputes holds no beg ‘or more deserved place than the duel as a means bet ending private quarrels, My ‘@- What General Pershing has urged is what already has B proposed to the great nations by this country—the wing” or war; the shifting of the emphasis from as a desperate policy to peace as the only policy. Present armament race between the nations of The tackling an accumulation of chores. In less than six months, he will turn the White House over to his suc- cessor. The time for a review of President Coolidge’s official career is not yet at hand. But it is not too early to dwell upon certain attributes that have made him re- freshingly different from the run of Presidents. And chief of these is his insistence upou a reasonable de- gree of privacy and seclusion in those of his activities which are in no way the proper concern of the public. For instance, Calvin Coolidge has been President for more than five years. Yet the public does not know what is his favorite song, his favorite poem, his favorite author. The public does not know whether he likes his steak rare, medium or well done—whether he even likes steak at all. What Cal said to Son John and what Son John said to Cal has not crept into print. He has no sartorial styles; nor has his wife. The Coolidges have adhered rather rigidly to the proposition that a Presidential fireside is as private a place as John Citizen’s fireside. It is to be hoped that the family moving into the White House next March, whether it be the Hoover family or the Smith family, wl be equally successful in defying the inquiring re- porter. SUMMER PLAY SCHOOLS (New York Times) Ten or fifteen years ago, when a child was compelled to © to summer school, he felt himself a much abused little person. Usually he had to go because he had come very. close to failing in certain subjects, and if he was to keep up with his class he had extra work to do. Summer school was not very different from Winter school. The dull rooms and blackboards, the monoton- ous lessons and the regular routin work were just the same, and they seemed even less inspiring than in the Winter, when all the children were suffering the same fate. Summer school classes were small, and while the majority of pupils played in back yards or on farms all season long, the few unlucky dullards lingered reluctantly over their books. New York City’s Summer play schools, which close today, are better fun for the children than a free and undirected holiday. They are not to be confused with the city playgrounds, though they provide plenty of THE BISMARCK TRIBUNF: "NOWS NOTE:’ HIGH-PRESSURE RADIO CAMPAIGNS A recent writer in the Atlantic Monthly tells of a trip on a river steamer in that land. The key on the outside | of his stateroom door was lost; so the steward kept a | When he wanted ; The In- } Somehow, that happy-go-lucky, unhurried sort of ex- | WASHI %2 BB BROADCAST BY BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES” “it aS GTON - LET’ ER. 4 BY RODNEY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) Washington, Sept.24—A minimum of 35,000,000 votes will be cast in this year’s presidential election, ac- cording to Simon Michellet, presi- .|dent of the National Get-Out-the- Vote club and an outstanding an- Y | alyst of ballot statistics. “I won't be a bit surprised,” Sete says, “if it’s forty mil- ion.” Roughly estimated, about 59,000,- 000 men and women will be entitled to vote on November 6. Thus, ac- cording to Michellet’s estimate, up to two-thirds of the eligible vote may be cast. This would be an immense pro- portional increase over 1924¢ when the 29,000,000 votes cast for Cool- idge, Davis and La Follette were only about 62 per cent of the total eligible vote. The percentage for ae is estimated to have been about Mr. Coolidge, it may be observed, was returned to the White House by but 29 per cent of the electorate, less than one-third, = Michelet explains that he has been in communication with state, county, city and other officials in every state. “From every source,” he says, “comes the word that we are going to have the heaviest vote, in pro- Portion to the number who can vote if they want to, since 1896, “The biggest increase is going to come from the women. Officials in many districts write that they know of precinets in which every man and woman will be at the polls this year. Hundreds of messages are coming to me from men and women who want to know how they can the country are intensely interested. “Women take an interest in presi- dential elections which they don’t take in local elections. And here- tofore nearly all our national cam- paign issues have been economic is- sues. see ,. “Women aren’t so much interested in economic issues and are still in the process of becoming informed about them. > ol ASK, WHAT AM we iT WOULD TAKE play. Some of them this year sent their children to country camps for two weeks or a month. Teachers went along, and classes in nature study, farming and gardening Provided healthful activity and also health- ful fresh foods for the table. The children who stayed in town did not pursue the studies of the regular cur- riculum. They were happy with manual training, art dramatic: lancing and games. One group of and jellies, and went to the director’s home, where simple luncheons were prepared and en- Joyed. One of the new and -most enjoyable projects of this year’s work was the renovation of an apartment. An empty flat near the school was rented. It was in bad conditic falling plaster and worn, splintery hile the girls visualized and planned for drap- eries and furnishings, the boys made the fundamental tiah plasise, the elton Stet Shonpine fe tonnes Plaster, the went shopping in second-han. stores for furniture which could be temodeled for their needs. When no suitable old furniture was to be found, Pgh Ragead Serger des Sigh, wood was boug! boys went to work with saws and planes make the bookeases and shelves PROPOSITION, ! eee vote. Women’s organizations over |® N ABOUT MY-TALKING SIGAl-BoARD N ee WELL, © UH UM-AA- ER, THAT 1S, AH,4-To BETRUTHFUL;” ) on YouR WHOLE I HWE GiveM He IDEA UP/= OF DOLLARS fo PUT IT ons “THE \ MARKET, ~~ AND WHILE I STILL-HINK (TA REMARKABLE IDEA, I CAST GET ANYBODY 7 INTERESTED “To FINANCE “THE 2 | “But they understand what the jissues are in ‘this campaign and ;they’re not going to depend on their |men folks to explain them and tell | them how to vote. In previous elec- jtions they Leith generally voted as their men voted, but in November there will be a great amount of di- vision in families. Many a house will be divided against itself. “It’s a sure thing, first, that many more women are going to vote now who never voted before and, second, that they will begin to vote with complete independence.” Neither in 1920 nor 1924, Michellet points out, did the campaign contain the issues of 1928. Nor did either of the last two campaigns present a similar uncertainty of outcome. “There were very few doubtful states in 1924,” he says, “but today half of them are doubtful.” this year have the right to vote for on first time is estimated at 7,000,- The total presidential vote has grown course, but in 1904 it slum hind the vote of 1900 and 1896. In that year the conservative Alton B. Parker was the Democratic candidate and thousands of Bryan Democrats were too disgusted to go to the polls, Here are some totals: . 18,775,000 f BARBS | Message from Tampa, Fla., says the hurricane was only doing 85 miles an hour when it passed that city. Never mind, it'll be at least 90 by the time it gets to the Cali-| club. fornia realtors’ bulletins. oe 8 Lyle Womack, who is suing Ruth Elder for divoree, tried to join the Byrd sapedition, to the. soa ene: e pole, undoubtedly woul as nothing after that cold reception OUR BOARDING HOUSE ieee I Dole “THOUSANDS So I've! fe The number of persons who will | I progressively larger, of | 4 id new owners are being produced by | Th = Ov. rd in ions annually. i ’ Neither public nor industry will waste words here- ac Apt to Be Suc ~ Thing oo hahaa is It es ee ee FROM NOW “TILL ELECTION:-» THE SOURCES OF OUR FOOD One of the first curious facts that a student of dietetics learns is that although plants and animals are both used by us as foods, it is only the green plants that are the orig- inal food factories of the world. They are the only living things that have the power to combine soil, water and earth into substances that can be digested and absorbed by animals, and it is only those plants which are green that contain within their leaves the small masses of chlorophy! (green coloring) which have the property of using the radi- ant energy of the sun to combine water and carbon-dioxid gas into carbohydrates. Human beings at the present time use the animal kingdom as well as the vegetable kingdom, for their food supply. Cattle, hogs, sheep, fowl, fish, eggs and milk furnish us with our principal animal foods. From the animal tissues and animal products we can obtain the radiant energy of the sun indirectly, and sometimes in more concentrated forms than we could by eating the plants themselves, To care for the enormous quantities of animal prod- ucts that are used, civilization has built up some wonderful refriger- ating and transportation facilities in and tothe meat packing centers. Both the United States and Canadian Departments of Agriculture main- tain a very rigid inspection of all meats so that those which are dis- eased may be discarded. Eggs and milk products are very valuable foods. and are important market products in North America. It is estimeted by Piper and Beau- he got at the New York pier a few months ago. eee Philadelphia district attorney says he discovered that a coe captain, drawing $250 a month, has banked $25,000 in four months time. Just the man, obviously, to help Mr. Cool- idge out with that $94,000,000 def- icit. see A sobbing woman, according to dispatches, held up a poker game in New York the other night and got away with $2,000. That’s new; still, many and many a poker play- er has been relieved of all his win- nings after the game by a sobbing woman—and she-didn’t need a pis- tol to do it, either, The college football season is just about to open and college presidents now will be swamped daily with letters from alumni, half of which will protest bitterly against “over emphasis,” while the other half will want to know why in thunder good wed Siwash can’t turn out a decent am. se Odd, isn’t it, that neither of the presidential candidates has yet thought of the scheme of carrying lowa by corraling all the Iowa vot- ers out in southern California? re , {IN NEw York ~*~ —$—$$_—__—_—_—___—______» New York, Sept. 24—The most elaborate near in Manhattan is a 42-room duplex affair facing Fifth avenue. Its size necessitates the use of a telephone switchboard and a special operator, since 26 phones ave installed in the various rooms. There are accommodations for about 20 servants. Yet its occupant, an ex-Philadel- champ that the production of eg; in the United States for a year would build a wall of eggs thirty feet high and one egg thick from New York to San Francisco, and New York state alone supplies enough milk in a single year to fill a lake one mile long, a quarter of a mile wide and ten feet deep. The vegetable kingdom offers us a very large variety of foods and flavors. Unfortunately, most cooks have only learned to use a few of these. If the average person were asked to name a list of vegetables to be served at a vegetable dinner, he would probably be able to think of only four or five, and yet. there are hundreds of vegetables that are edible and could be used to furnish variety. There are really twenty to thirty good vegetables in the mar- kets of any large city. Even in the winter these vegetables can be se- cured at least in a canned form. In some of them we find the leaves most valuable, as in lettuce and spinach. In others we use the stem, such as the asparagus, rhubarb and kolrabi. The beet, carrot and turnip are used because of their roots. The Brussels’ sprout is a bud and the | can be seen walking the gray and white-haired heirs to a former mag- nificence, who pass their final years in this strange dream world—a world in which they have everything, although they possess nothing. The idea was conceived by a wealthy Jewish merchant who, in’ his late years, came to fear that somehow he might lose his money and be cast upon the world. Where- fore, in his will, he outlined his plan and left enough money to keep such an institution operating indefinitely. The most profitable source of in- come for Manhattan's blind is, I find, piano tuning. Dozens are trained | wi! at “The Lighthouse,” a.New York organization which seeks to make phia millionaire, lives there alone. Which reminds me—the nation’s most unusual charitable institution is a harbor for rich and aristocratic old folk who have come upon re- verses. Fitted out in the most sumptuous style, the old couplee— who are carefully selected by a spe- cial board—live in the splendor to which they had once become accus- tomed. The appointments are those of an ultra-fashionable and exclusive the afflicted self-supporting. There are more than a hundred who go forth each morning as pane tuners, and they are said to expert, since their blindness‘ lends additional acuteness‘ to their sense A ON se,’ 6 way, handles the affairs of the ‘hundreds of blind news vendors to be found in the New York streets. The or- ganization selects locations and sees that there is no jntrusion; jul There is a huge library, a salon, ball room, dining rooms, bil- liard rooms and all the rest. A vast veranda surrounds this place, which faces upon the Grand Concourse, and there are flower- hedged walks, awninged nooks and easy chairs. Through the grounds: By Ahern S WHY AT IDEA ts -TH’ONLY APPLE’ TWAT RIPEAED HOOPLE FAMILY “TREE ! we AN! Now You'Re iF referees disputes and represents the blind before the city authorities, when matters of license or business are involved. ie Sophie Treadwell, author of “Ma- chinal,” one of the most discussed dramas of the season, is the wife of Bill McGeehan, the well-known sports writer... . Harry Riechen- bach, the publicist and wit, defines a bootlegger as “‘a bar that walks like a man.” . . . There is a haber- dasher in Broadway who most of the chorine business of “the big street.” Whenever a new show op- ens he sends all the girlies a tele- gram which invariably reads: “Hope you have a long run.” . .. The piece oes correspondent. wrote a while ack about “the flower girl of Green- wich Village” was seen pasted all over her window. ... J. P. McAvoy, who wrote “Show Girl” and any number of stage comedies, got his start writing not-so- verses for Le Ripe ee ind to this day Epenis on month year turning out Valentine ‘and birthda: he ga . «. This, despite the fact that no . G RT SWAN, (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) Lama Wy Petey WC ge t Air Station Talk announésr, {6 to during the, i His tour is to start at Los Ange! —— is a flower. ‘The nuts, py ‘and legumes aré seeds and the fruits of course make very pleas- % jad); BS ates and Ca od to him, “S jose @ stamped addressed darcane for reply. . ing and appetizing additions to our menus, Agriculture has been estimated as the second largest industry in North America in points of wealth and pro- duction, being exceeded only by the combined manufacturing industries. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Question: 9 H. G. asks: “Will. you lease tell “me why my eyes are loodshot? There are times when one or both are so without any ap- parent reason.” Answer. Bloodshot eyes are of- ten caused by reflexes from some unusually | has other part of the body, Peaepaly the alimentary canal. A disor een had ea food combinations is probably greatest common cause. I will be glad to send you my article on “Food Combinations” if you will write to me, care of this newspaper and enclose a large, self- addressed, stamped envelope. Question: Mrs. Q. R. writes: “I have Heard of a seed that one can eat to help gain weight. Will you Il me what it is, and if it really does do this?” Answer: There is a seed called the “fenugreek” seed which is eaten by women of the Orient in the belief that it will enable them to put’ on weight. It is the fruit of an Old World herb, of mucilaginous na- ture. It is seldom used in this coun- try except an an ingredient in curry powder, but is used in various ways in Greece and Egypt, as im bread- making, ete. Question: 0. J. writes: “I would like to know how to overcome sleep- iness right after supper. We have supper at six o'clock, and sometimes by eight o'clock 1 begin to yawn, and thirty minutes later I am too sleepy to read any more.” Answer: A sure cure for your trouble is to eat less and exercise more. Take some vigorous exercise just before the evening meal, and then make that meal very light. Question: 0. L. writes: “During the winter I am greatly troubled with chilblains, What remedy would you suggest?” Answer: The best treatment for chilblains is to give yourself a treat- ment each day by immersing the feet alternately in hot and cold water. This.will help the circulation and will usually get rid of all the bad effects which have come from having the feet frost-bitten. casts by NBC, starting October 15 and coding Thanksgiving, Nov. 29. Two games are to be given each week-end. Graham McNamee will describe one game and Phillips Car- lin the other. = uae oo the aoe! games on the niversity o! hicago =f i schedule will be described on thenais by WLS. The series is to start September 29 with a double header. Two more stations have bee added to the Columbia chain, WLBW, Oil . A a all of the Programs, while Chicago, i be in the hookup on Tuesday and Thursday nights. In the far northern villages of Alaska, there are few radio aoaiy ers. The lucky set owner always an audience when conditions are right for good reception, and to notify his neighbors that American stations are coming in with a anne ’ he hangs a lantern at his Our Yesterdays ] TEN YEARS AGO Dr. and Mrs. F. B, Strauss enter- tained at a house party at their hunting lodge on Long Lake. ie guests included General and Mrs. Angus Fraser, Mr. and Mrs, E. G. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. pick aad Mr. and Mrs. Oliver H. E. H. Langler of Drii @ mammoth buffalo sd fone stoke ‘histisical fa pe The head on Mr, " i near Driscoll, EY ® claim Halverson led the first’ our-minute speeches which were i the ‘interests of war Saas etree ” TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO According Slaughter, discovered by trolley line were bei tak o biog heed ‘ee from Bismarck’s Dr. and Mrs. E. P, urned from a six months’ trip to ee ‘The old. white settlers and Indians Crow on wai 3 " ,. FORTY. YEARS AGO The Salvation A: in Bismarck to remain using tha inflven of ee eee and work in ci was abo for the year Fo) | bat ise big oe ac