The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1929, Page 6

he Bismarck ‘fribune ness. Published by the Bismarck [ribune Company His- N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck President end Publisher munities, ‘ il, Outside of North Dakota, Der year ........... de seeeeecccesccecesseccs Member Audit Berean of Circulation the presidential primaries, convention Member of The Associated Press é ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use Of republication of all news dispatches credited to it Mot otherwise credited in this newspaper and -aisc he tocal news of spontaneous origin published herein i rights of republication of all other matter herein also reserved. it proposes. Under the circumstances, Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY NEW YORK .... Fifth Ave. Bidg. D tional campaign funds. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) HAS THE ROBOT ARRIVED? A few years ago the idea of mechanical men was ‘ly fantastical. One play based on the idea had a tre- run for the time, then passed to the limbo of shelved. Still earlier, when the men of affairs of y. were in their school period, the idea supplied the tral theme for dime novel stories about “Frank Reid, 2” and his wonderful contraptions, of which the air- has been realized, just as Jules Verne’s submarine ‘ has become a pronounced fact where it once had «een mere fantastic fiction. * The latest bid to turn fiction into reality is the me- JShanical man. He comes along just as radio begins the sreation of an empire of mystic wonders. These wonders no need for such control. bills from consideration at this session. 2. W. Mattison, the Hughes Electric manager, said it was probable that in the course of a few years the trans- ‘nission of power would be through this medium of en- ‘tgy. So astounding are these achievements that the tuman mind is bewildered into accepting any marvel 8 possible—even the robot. The mechanical man so far is in his infantile stage of evelopment though he is adult in appearance. He can Jerform a few menial tasks, but ultimately, it is predicted, * 26 will almost think. That is, he can be made to exercise + he functions of the adding machine, from which point it 8 predicted that it will be but a matter of time till he #an work out problems in higher mathematics, even in ‘gineering, such as calculating curves. A few years ago all the great recent inventions that ‘Ml such a large place in daily life were more or less ‘ys as the mechanical man is today. The telephone, the valking machine, the movie film and even the airplane Scientific men studied ened in the next few years. last. 2 $2 Fi 235> gett est Pended on to complete their end. 3 fe be able to do in the near future. wesent utilitarian forms and application. ‘The other day a mechanical man opened a scientific ‘meeting in England, while in New York capital is pro- weeding t> harness the robot in vending functions, com- ained with speech. An automatic talking salesman is in wperation at Forty-second street and Madison avenue, ,0f the busiest spots in the world. A coin dropped the machine brings you the article desired, together sith @ “Thank you, call again” from the machine. The ‘20ROt sold 35,000,000 boxes of matches at one cent a box *huring the year, totaling $350,000, at a profit of 10 per ent. A salesman would have to make 600 sales an hour, it vas explained, to pay his wage in New York, and one of he largest chain stores in that city figures that only a nachine could economically sell enough matches to leave + profit for his employer under the present conditions of he selling prices for matches and cigarettes. And now the United Cigar Stores and a number of ither great chain store systems are planning to mechan- ze their stores, with the United having furnished half the -apital for what is known as the Consolidated American 4erchandising corporation, a concern having for its ob- ective the revolutionizing of present-day methods of tore distribution. Perhaps somebody will have conviction enough to pre- fict the day when nobody will have to work, with all Sbor performed by robots. In the play this was not a ‘iumph. It exterminated the race. i NO SUPERIOR SEX changing ‘Man's pretension to superiority over woman is daily re-| reaching all the luced by the scientists. For a time he clung to the theory fe of greater brain power because his brain weighed five ’ more than woman's. Now he is informed that the ‘sxtra ounces signify nothing. They do not make man a is expensive. me te SAFER FLYING chanical Engineers. Proof” planes, better-trained pilots, many air hazards. Their proportion of accidents ist so long as many and unsafe planes to fly. wstaasttr eon hicago Tribune) more upon this continent may be rare and then not lines, the shapes of girls development, ‘hat develop them in different ways, woman has not de- ‘sloped man’s good judgment, his artistic genius, his more ‘portunity for a freer, fuller life will change her in due ‘me to the wise, strong, handsome, inventive, generous, fotellectual giant now common only to the opposite sex. ; Both sexes have their mental and physical superior- fies and inferiorities. Practice accounts for the former. aga = from the fact that they are blown on or within a few minutes of the hour the day's work begins. Once the whistle cord was yanked long and vigorously an hour be- fore time to go to work as a precaution against tardi- AN ILL-TIMED PROPOSAL Although the senate’s special committee on campaign expenditures has searched in vain for scandal in connec- tion with campaign funds collected and expended during favors federal legislation regulating the conduct of pres- idential primaries and national conventions. Had the committee not placed 1928 on record as a presi- dential year free from election scandals, it might run some chance of getting through congress the legislation be expected to work itself up to that state of frenzy where it becomes productive as a legislative body. And there is no public clamor for legislation limiting na- There is also a question whether congress has the con- stitutional power to regulate national elections. Inasmuch as the people do not vote directly for president, but for electors, as to the method of selection of which the con- stitution gives the legislature of each state full power, the only power reserved to congress is the determination of the time of choosing electors and the day on which they shall vote. It might be found that congress could go no farther in this direction than exercising some con- trol over the national conventions, and there seems to be Congress will probably find enough other legislation, which it considers more urgent, to exclude new election THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY The American motorist—which, of course, includes just Were themes at the Rotary luncheon Wednesday, where | about all of us—will find his jhorizon immeasurably wid- e It will be a great thing for the American motorist. Imagine being able to get in your car and start out for Buenos Aires or the land of the Incas! That's what we'll Maybe men don't kiss their wives more because rouge | Editorial Comment TEI recess Lines, say the experts, are slightly ing. It is inevitable. The lean line could not endure in a world and with the subtle change in format Factory whistles should be abolished if no better use for them can be found than disturbing the early- morning Sumbers of those privileged to sleep late, assist- ing church bells in “ringing” in the new year, heralding !momentous events such as Old Home Week celebrations and the death of presidents, and generally disturbing the peace and dignity of otherwise serene and restful com- and election, it congress cannot The long-talked of Pan-American Highway, connect- ing the United States and Canada with the nations of South Amefica, is apparently going to hecome a reality at The Pan-American Union reports that the scheme finally is emerging from the realm of ideas and enter- ing the blue-print stage. Mexico is now constructing a road that will reach from the Texas border to Guate- mala, Surveys are now under way to carry it from that Point through Central America and Panama to Colombia, The United States government is considering a link from Alaska through Yukon territory to the Canadian-U. 8, border, Caleb Corser told the Bismarck Kiwanians. Once it gets that far the nations of South America can be de- (Philadelphia Public-Ledger) ‘The prediction that flying will soon be as safe as other forms of travel.was made the other day at a session of the airplane division of the American Society of Me- The development of “more fool- improvements in meteorological stations and landing fields, and similar factors, it was pointed out, are gradually overcoming This is obviously true with regard to established routes for the carrying of air mail, Passengers and commerce. to the number of flying hours is very small. But there are still far too many mishaps in aviation as a whole, and this condition will ex- states permit poorly trained pilots A taleat SILHOUETTE ( Curved and slightly plumper women may be seen once and though their plumpness noticeable, it bears of a deliberate convexity. With Flo Ziegfeld on the other, pulling for fuller the on the one both show some peel He aa G ' i il fis il gi ge rt ena og Da aa Be aE len THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ever Put Off Until Tomorrow, Etc.! [_____ Never Put Of Un YOUR _ CHILDREN &y Ole Roberts Barton (©1928 by NEA Service.Ine If you have cldren, and are going body can often cure itself if it is given the proper assistance, or even in some cases if it is not too greatly handi- symptoms for a time is often helpful but it must/nection with not be considered a cure. In this hurry up age it is undoubtedly par- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS donable to relieve physical distress as Lumps in Legs soon as possible, but great danger lies; Question: Mrs. W. asks:. “What in the fact that. is a warning you advise for lumps in the symptom of the body, ‘and removing |right leg—lymphatic gland or nerve the pain without removing the orig- Williams, and Mrs. Hugh McGarvey are in charge of the fancy work booth at the Catholic fair. Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Corwin, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cochrane, and Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Allison are visiting in ) Steele. Postmaster Lyon of the council, has gone to Huron to attend a to move, I should try to find a place | Knights of Labor meeting. that conforms to this idea of child Specialists as being essential to their health and happiness. First, try to get a house, or if an apartment is necessary, on¢ with open space uround it where the children can play safely. If you are thinking about a house, look over these things. It should have @ good dry cellar under it. No house with a damp cellar under it is health- ful. Look at all the plumbing and see if the drains work properly. Ex- amine traps to see if there-is a chance of unhealthy sewer gas escap- ing into the cellar or house. Look around at the neighborhood. Can the sun get at the house? Chil- dren neéd sun and a lot of it. They should have rooms on the sunny side of the house so that the windows may be put up and the sun flood in, many hours a day, except, of course, when it is very hot weather. If you have the choice of two houses, one on a street of heavy traf- fic, and one where danger is less imminent, think over the matter well. Unless you have children you can trust not to go out on the street, or have time for more or less super- vision, it would be wise to take the safer place. It is absolutely necessary for chil- dren to play out of doors. A house with some sort of a yard is most de- sirable. The more yard and grass there is, the more desirable it is from. the viewpoint of the doctor. Chil- dren need to play outdoors most of the time in summer and a great part of the time in winter. Observe this: Can the house be easily ventilated? Fresh air is neces- signs | sary, of course, for young and old. A room without an outside window is no place for sleeping. [ Our Yesterday: sn TOE Renn Ae M. , President of the Dakota W. C. T. U., spoke at the social last evening. e Mrs. Joseph Deitrich, Mrs. C. R. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Louis Connolly, Man- dan, celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. A committee composed of J. R./ Clark, A. E. Thorberg and W. H. Brown have been-selected to attend the hearing at the office of the sec- retary of the interior regarding the location of the Indian school. Frank Hughes has returned from 1 trip to Minneapolis. D. J. Allen of Mandan is prepar- ing an extensive exhibit for the World's Fair at St. Louis. TEN YEARS AGO Mrs. Frank E. Ployhar, Valley City, has joined her husband, Ployhar, for a several weeks’ visit. Mrs, A. 8. Nielson Jeaves today for 8 buying trip to the eastern markets. H. H. Ellsworth, Killdeer, is here for a visit with his brother, F. C. Ellsworth. C. E. McDonald, who has been serv- ing with the U. S. Army at Fort Omaha, returned to Bismarck, is date in MAAMERICAN JANUARY 31 1174—Franklin removed from office as deputy postmaster general. 1801—John Marshall appointed chief justice of the United States. 1648—Congress authorized Washing- ton monument. Watches are sometimes seriously af- fected by the magnetism of their wearers. Senator | love life in her own individual way. When woman breaks the law, she insists on arguing herself and every- one else into believing that she has only done what she had every right in the world to do and that the law is a silly old thing, anyway. When men break a law they accept the fact that they have erred and are crim- inal and only ask to get their pun- over Dun- ishment and have it with. This sums up the attitude of can Aikman, writing inthe current “Harper's.” He discusses men and Proposed Mandan {women as violators of everything from traffic to our moral code. A man pleads guilty to speeding and knows that it is wrong; a woman argues that the law is an insult to her individual case and that she had @ right to speed. Men plead alibis, he continues, when caught in viola- tions of the conventional and moral code. A woman argues that she is above such sordid considerations and had every right to fulfill her own nual cosmetic bill up to nearly h- 000,000. ‘ But why even wonder? Since when has modern living stressed t! worth of the practical and unsht as contrasted with the showy WHY Is IT? frivolous? “The ladies have been so long | @———————_—_-___—-@ taught to consider themselves our IN RK better angels that they find it dif- ry NEW Yo | ficult, if not impossible, to abandon the advantageous pose of moral su- periority even when indulging in con- duct suggesting quite the opposite,” he writes. It might be pertinent to ask, grant- ing that he is right, and he sounds fairly reasonable, just who is respon- sible for this ladylike attitude. Me- thinks I have heard the signatures of several famous People... . eee One of the most successful petty larceny operators in Manhattan steals only electric light bulbs out of subway stations. . . . And, they tell me, he the most difficult thief to apprehend in New York. . . . Hes been at it for years, wandering from station to station and waiting until the platforms are empty. . . . Then New York, Jan. 31.—The Big Town tn me are empty. =. Then gossip . . . They do say that|he walks w pocket. . . . The loss at the end of Scott Fitzgerald used the late Arnold | the ‘year’ mounts into the thousands. GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) able could do no wrong; methinks I have heard it suggested that males find a certain charm in thé so-femi- nine vagaries and inconsistencies of woman-kind. But, as is quite ordi- narily true, when the aftermath isn’t | Year quite so palatable, they object to a ef 27. DOING THE OBVIOUS WHEN . STRATEGIC PLAY MIGHT WIN’ spends for tooth z Ff GIVE You Guys “TH FoR iT, HE -TW’ CasH | OUR BOARDING HOUSE we HA~ HAN Know THAT DIAMOND RING I TRIED to DAY FoR Bloo 2? ~ WELL, I ok 1-1 A JEWELER “DAY AN’ Got $250' FoR Vl ae HA- HA WHEN T SAID I WANTED $260 HIS. WRIST Getta OPEN So Quick f= % a I -HodGHT You bg 2 WERE WISE, rE z AN \ PENT TSINN ‘ oTHER SPRAINED tt R ; beniy SCORPIANS You MAKE Your SAY! 1\F You Got! | $250 YoR THAT . 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