The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1929, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Ode ae 2 Har , The Bismarck ‘l'ribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATES ULDES] NEWSPAPER: (Established 1673) Published by the Bismarck [ribune Company bis- Marck, N. L., and enterea at the postoifice at Bismarcs President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Davy by carrier. per year ......... Daity bv maui, per year. (ip Bismarck) . Dally by mati per year, (in state, outside Bismarck) Uatly by mail, outside of North Dakota . - 81 420 Dah 6.00 Weekly oy mall, in stale, per year 1.00 Weekly by mail, in state three years for . Weekly by mail, outside of North Dakota, Der year Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press 1s exclusively entitied to the use tot republication of all news dispatches credited lo 1 ot not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the loca! news of spontaneous origin published herein All rights of republication of ali other matter herein are also reserved. Foreign Kepresentatives G. LUGAN PAYNE COMPANY NEW YORK .... Fifth Ave. Blag. DETRO!I1 Kresge Bidg (Official City, State and County Newspaper) DEVELOPING THE MIND The average man develops less than half of his real | mental capacity. | The race is constantly producing hundreds of minds potentially as great as those of Einstein, Edison, Ford or Rockefeller, but only two or three out of each hun- dred ever rise above the commonplacc. | These assertions come from the country's leading psy- | chologists, as interviewed by Myron M. Stearns in the | February issue of World's Work. | ‘One psychologist is quoted as saying that most men develop hardly more than a fifth of their natural brain power. Another says that eyery adult, at least up to the ‘age of 50, is as capable of learning new things as a child— but fails to do it. Most of us, says another, stop learn- ing in our ’teens, and go through the rest of our lives with closed minds. There is both discouragement and hope in that idea. It is profoundly discouraging to learn that we are fail- ing to accept our opportunities. This modern age spe- clalizes in the elimination of waste; yet what could pos- sibly be more wasteful than the habit of letting more than half of our gray matter lie idle? Yet there is room for hope in it, too. The blindness and stupidity that cause most of the world’s unhappiness and suffering are not things that we must always carry with us. We can get rid of them, just as we can get rid of disease and poverty. Surely, if mankind can vol- untarily raise its own mental level, almost any kind of Optimism is justified. -The trouble, of course, comes from the fact that there is such a wide gulf between what is possible and what is actually done. We are born with great gifts, but we are also born lazy. We want, more than anything else, to be con- tented. We hate things that unsettle us. Comfort is the Greatest boon life can bring us. So we follow the path of least resistance and settle into grooves. We find a comfortable place and stick to it. We make ourselves be contented with something in- terior, because it would be too much trouble to get the best. ‘The contentment that comes from a sense of genuine achievement is one of life's greatest blessings. The con- tentment that most of us get, however—the contentment that means we have stifled our visions of what is high and noble in order that we may put up with something ordinary and commonplace—is a curse. It prevents us from being as fine as we were meant to be. To be restless and dissastisfied is to be unhappy—— granted; but it is not possible to make progress in any other way. When a man takes stock of his achievements and feels ashamed becayse they are no better, instead of proud because they excel those of his neighbor, he is on the way toward attainment. ILLUMINATING SIN No longer can one sin and then successfully plead ignorance, though there was a time when sins were Spoken of as “dark sins” and when along the straight and narrow path there were pitfalls into which the best might accidentally fall and be considered a poor un- fortunate rather than an unregenerate transgressor. But the passing of time has changed the straight and Qarrow into a great white way, thickly placarded and labeled with signposts, danger signals, warnings, in- Junctions and cautions. There is no justifiable excuse for so much as a stubbed toe. The gateway to every sin is arched by a great flashing electric sign and guarded by many policemen. Bins are no longer dark. They are kept in the spot- light. They are the popular topic of conversation in every gathering and the subject of newspapers, maga- ‘sines, lectures, sermons, movies and books. They: are ing to force a $60,000 bribe from a business man, and the typical American conditions of bootlegging, sporadic violence and lawlessness prevail in the underworld. The police of these cities, presumabjy with the approval of the citizens, are straining at gnats and guiping down great, two-humped dromedaries. And these three cities are perfectly representative of American cities generally. We seem to have a mania for tackling the unimport- ant things first. What if our homicide rates are the highest ever seen in a civilized land? What if the hootlegger and the rum runner corrupt our government and poison our citizens? What if honest business men have to pay graft to illegal combines? What if robbers and plug-uglies can ‘bamboozle the police daily? We can at least keep pedestrains from walking across the street at the wrong time; we can at least clamp down on effervescent college lads who present a slightly Rabel- asian play; we can at least jail for three months a woman:who chooses not to wear stockings. Probably the real reason for all of this is that we are lazy. We hate to take the effort necessary to clean up our cities, suppress crime and bring criminals to justice. Instead, we go after the petty violators. Such arrests salve our conscience and help us to forget that this great nation of super-efficiency has reached new depths of in- sufficiency’in the matter of law enforcement and civic order. TRAFFIC TAKES ON COLOR Foreign visitors of this country in past years com- mented upon what they termed the funereal aspect of American motor cars. For some unknown reason black was accepted as the cohventional color, and to offend against it was to invite criticism for garishness and dis- play. When bright colors did sometimes appear it seemed to suggest moral turpitude of one kind or an- other on the part of the owners. This year the convention has been cast to the winds. | An all-black car, within the space of a few months, has become as rare as the brilliantly hued automobile was a few years ago. In fact, the conspicuous car on the streets today is the black one. The innovation is welcome. The dirt and grime of modern cities have made impossible the bright satins and silks and broadcloths that gave a charm to the soctety of yesteryear. Of late some one discovered that umbrellas and raincoats need not necessarily be black, and the re- sult has been a brightening in the appearance of the streets. And now the automobile is serving a like pur- Pose. It is refreshing to know that the old taboo has been broken and that any owner of a car may satisfy his fancy and contribute his mite to-a revival of color without fear of losing his standing in the community. There is one threat in this trend toward rainbow auto- mobile bodies. Individual tastes in colors are as much at variance as opinions on the relative worth of the sev- eral makes of automobiles. The inevitable result is that aH NOTRE ei RR A eee maT? Cee etn tienen nt HI, wate WHERE YOURE GOING! AND PATAGONIA t GUESS (LL HOP TO ST.LOUIS FOR SUPPER }§ “AND CALL IT ADAY! A CHILDREN fy Obie Roberts Barton ©1928 by NBA Service,Inc. color combinations which seem beautiful to one car owner strike another as hideous. WHERE COLLEGE STU! TS COME FROM What class of the population provides the largest proportion of college students? Statistics recently gathered at the University of Il- linois provide a partial answer to this question. Of the 11,000-odd students there, 5,180 are sons and daughters of business men. Oddly enough, the next largest divi- sion of parents is that classified as skilled and unskilled laborers; 2,061 students come fram such parents, Farm- ers rank third, with 1,766, and the professions, with 1,719, are fourth. Incidentally, half of the students come from cities of 25,000 or over. Chicago alone contributes more than 3,000. These figures are extremely interesting. They give a valuable light on the backgrounds of the young men and women who are being trained for leadership. THE MARINERS DO TRAVEL Join the U. S. marine corps and see the world! The catchword of the blue-clad recruiting sergeant is pretty nearly justified, at that. Major General John A. Lejeune, commandant of the corps, reveals in his an- nual report that in 1928 approximately two-thirds of the entire corps saw service outside the United States. The bulk of these, of course, went to Nicaragua. A large detachment was in China, and a good many more served in Haiti. Then, in addition, the marine con- tingents on various battleships and cruisers did con- siderable traveling. It begins to look as if the recruiting sergeant’s slogan just about fits the facts. | Editorial Comment FINANCING FAIRS OF THE STATE (Devils Lake Journal) The state legislature makes appropriations for four fairs in the state, Grand Forks, Fargo, Minot, and Man- dan. It costs the state in the neighborhood of $40,000 every two years for this financing. In recent years both Fargo and Grand Forks have advertised “state fairs,” but neither of these, as regards exhibits or attractions, has been any greater than the Lake Region fair. Why Minot and Mandan should secure state privileges denied Devils Lake seems to be something of a mystery. It may be due to lobbying efficiency. The Lake Region fair as- sociation would be to accept a state appropriation, @iscussed from the sociological, biological, hygienical, paychological, theological, historical, archaeological and No longer do the innocent little country lasses go to the wicked cities with their eyes closed. The modern victim Of the iniquitous city is the city villain victimized by the “imnocent” country maiden come to the city to make her ‘Whatever effect the publishing and advertising of sin had upon public morals, at least it appears longer fall into sinful ways—they walk into them with both eyes open. ae THE REAL CRIMINALS ‘We Americans sre justly famous for a good many pave But it is probable that one of our most striking ig the way in which we strain at gnats and swal- willing inasmuch as it feels, and rightly, that its fair—an insti- tution of importance to a large area of the state—is just as important as the four other large fairs of the state. Of course, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot and Mandi are guarding their own interests jealously, , ronage. of the Lake Region are compelled to towards the support of the Fargo, G: and Mandan fairs. Probably it would legislature provided funds for ing the rest on an equal a has been able to struggle alo: is no reason why the other fairs do likewise. WHY NOT HAVE A Pine ANTI-TRUST Since North Dakota’s law aimed at preventing dis- crimination in cream prices declared unconstitu- tional, the question arises: Why not have a state Anti-Trust Law, modeled after Not a few mothers have the per- plexing problem of stealing to deal with. It is most unfortunate and dis- tressing to have the baby we adored and watched, as we thought so care- fully through the first few years, sud- denly develop into that most repre- hensible of beings—a thief. Seemingly no scruples whatever, he helps himself to nickles from our pocketbook, food from the ice-box, and everything it moves his fancy to possess. What can we do? Punishment only makes him worse. The important thing, is not the theft, but the motive that lies behind it. > Children steal for various reasons. Not only that but behind these rea- sons is the ever-shifting condition of | his psychological development de- pending on his age. For instance, a child of four is not likely to be actu- |* ated by the same motive when he steals as a child of nine. Children must be watched and guided very, very carefully in the most trivial things when they are very young. Strange as it may seem, children are not born to honesty— neither are they born to dishonesty. The best way to describe it is to say that they are neutral. You Weren't Born Honest In plain words children have to be trained to be honest, just as they have to be trained not to break other children’s playthings or destroy other People’s flowers. These are incipient forms of dishonesty. The next step is to take other children’s playthings and walk off with other people’s flow- ers. If a child is stealing money it is Probably not a sudden thing. The psychology of stealing in other forms very probably has been crystallizing in his make-up through several years, unnoticed by his parents. Don’t scold or whip him. Talk to him seriously. Show him how he will be shunned and disliked by every- body—how people despise a thief. Teli him that Uncle Jack whom he adores. will never look at him if he does it again. If he repeats it, then take sterner measures. Put this threatened boy- \cott into actual operation for a few | days. Make him feel his shame most acutely. | Probe for Motive If he still persists—then go into it as if you were searching for radium. Spend hours, days, weeks if neces- sary and don’t stop until you find out “why” he steals. What is his motive? Is he ashamed to see other children with spending money while he has none? At almost any cost, if that is the reason, put him on a small weekly allowance. Is he jealous of someone? Does Tom have a knife he covets? Is he saving what he steals to buy a knife like Tom’s? Work that out carefully. It is the most inexcusable form of dis- honesty. It is deliberately planned and the motive is bad. Some people steal from sheer un- happiness. Quite often from idle- ness. Be eternally vigilant. Do not allow the slightest dishonesty to get by. As a corollary to this—never tolerate hand. oJ BARBS : } Grover Whalen, New York's new | Police head, has ordered a crusade against jaywalkers. Now just let some gangster try to cross against the ted light! < * Oe An Iowa farmer was arrested for selling liquor concealed in pumpkins. Do you suppose the police overheard ene of his patrons exclaiming “! e punkins”? * * * Mr. Ake has been appointed as treasurer of Ohio following convic- tion of Treasurer Buckley on bribery charges. Governor Cooper may have figured the vacancy was an Aking void. * * * ‘The men in Sing Sing are no worse than the people outside, says Warden Lawes. That seems reasonable. ee * Hawks, wearing a raccoon coat, shattered all speed marks for Los Angeles to New York flights. Well, something just had to be done for raccoon coats. kok O® From Einstein's theory: “Oblique i equals Gothic A superscript sigma ... 4 subscript tau .. .Gothic A super- script sigma.” . . .It‘sounds like a co-ed trying to keep her frat pins straight. (Copyright. 1929, NE. Service, Inc.) ALLENE SUMNER. w Story has it that Mrs. Former Kaiser Wilhelm got mad on her husband’s 70th birthday and went to bed, pretending she was sick, rather than be outranked at the festive board by Crown Princess Cecile. The argument dates back to Prin- cess Hermine’s wedding with the former Kaiser when the Crown Princess and many of her adherents refused to accept Hermine as “Her Majesty,” claiming that since she married the former Kaiser after his abdication, her.rank was far beneath those who received their rank through marriage or birth during the imperial ** * EVERYWOMAN However, that may be, Hermine missed a swell feed of sole, pheas- ant, and strawberry ice cream. And however it may all be, it’s sort of comforting to lesser mortals who get mad and won't play and go to bed to escape indignities, to learn that even those called “Princess” ‘or “Her Majesty” do the very same thing. * * * BIG ALARM * Quite alarmed about the way girls are rushing into matrimony without knowing a thing about dish towels and floor polishers, to say nothing of popover recipes and dish scraping, the General Federation of Women’s clubs, Proposes a system of “key homes” in most every community—homes run by competent housewives who will in- struct any young girl in what she sag know about home-making and 01 a lie. Stealing and lying go hand in | days. a * SHE KNOWS IT . At risk of beirig called a perennial FA Jour BROTHER SAKE WAS “TELLING US THAT NEXT “TUESDAY 1S BIRTHDAY /- WE oO MAKE HIM ADMIT HIS AGE, ~— BuT HE WouLD ONLY SAY HAT HE ts “TEN YEARS YouAGER “THAN YoU ,«. SO MAKES. HiM ABOUT FoRW- EIGHT f.~ HE His: TRIED aww WHY, WHAT! EN Years YOUNGER THAN ME? I AM 17 EXACTLY, Ad ~um-m 2% HE'S TEN YEARS ~ THAT IS,~ HE'S EIGHTEEN MoATHS YouNGER THAN I Am / ~~-THERE WERE “Wo CALAMITIES dAT BEFELL “HE HogPLE House HoLD on SAKES. BIRTHDAY, YouNGER “THAN ? 8 » 4 call AEE i course? We meekly suggest General Federation in its ty H QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A Bleeder Question: J. W. L. writes: “When I cut myself while shaving, the bleed- ing sometimes continues for an hour or more. I am thirty-eight years old and seem to be in good health other. wise. Can you tell me why the blood doesn’t coagulate?” Answer: It is possible that you are a type of person known as a bleeder in which the blood does not & belt for nine months. It does no good because it doesn’t retain its ' elasticity. What exercises should be taken?” Answer: You should develop an “internal corset” by exercising your abdominal muscles until they become strong. 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