The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1929, Page 6

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(Official City, VALLEY FORGE’S GHOSTS The University of Pennsylvania is laying plans for construction of a new college of libcral arts and school of history on a 325-acre tract of land in historic Valley Forge. ‘There is no indication whatever that the university authorities plan to make this new college in any sense & memorial to the heroes of the American revolution. Yet, whatever their intentions, that is precisely what it would be. ‘There are a few names in American history that glow brightly, with a wild, unquenchable radiance, in any gentence where you drop them. Valley Forge is one of them. It is a word that has been woven into our na- tional being. Whatever happens in Valley Forge, how- ever unimportant, has an added significance simply be- cause of the chance of geography. And 50, if a college is built there, and young students gather at Valley Forge each year to study and learn about the world and about life and try out their new young powers, the whole thing will mean something more than the mere addition to America’s list of colleges. It will be a sort of memorial to the things Valley Forge stands for. Think of it. The soul of the nation, one might say, was born at Valley Forge; or, if not born, at least given the early training that was to help shape its course. Peo- ple live by traditions; and one of our very grandest and noblest traditions springs from the Pennsylvania hamlet where Washington's army went into winter quarters dur- ing the darkest hour of the Revolution. ‘The British were at Philadelphia, strong and warm and well fed. Philadelphia was glad to have them. The revolution was none too popular there. Out at Valley for or the au DETROI1 Kresge Bidg State and Coun’y Newspaper) Forge, in miserable huts, lay the “ragged continentals” of Washington. They were cold, poorly clad, miserably fed. A stocky Prussian was busy whipping them into an efficient fighting machine, and a horde of dissatisfied of- fieers were busy scheming to get Washington replaced and win power for themselves. The new-born nation was very close to death. ‘The discouraged veterans, one imagines, must have wondered, at times, what the future could hold. Was Valley Forge to be the end—or was there something ghead that would be worth all the suffering, all the sickness, all the discouragement? Were they fighting in @ lost cause, or would the children of men yet unborn bless them, in some distant day, for their endurance? The proposed new college would be a kind of answer for them. What could be more fitting than that the scene of the continental army's blackest hour should be- come a site for a college—a place where carefree, for- tunate young men and women could spend the brightest years of their lives? ‘The ghosts of the old continentals still hover about Valley Forge. This new symbol of the peace and the richness of the country they established, we believe, would make them glad. DREADNAUGHTS OF THE AIR ‘One refuses to lift so much as an eyelash in astonish- ment at the news that a new “super” Zeppelin being Duilt in Germany is to have an electric kitchen in which choiee dishes are to be prepared for jaded passengers, sleeping quarters comparable with the best to be found on any European train de luxe, and, lastly, a ballroom where the hours that will pass swiftly enough in the journey from Seville to Buenos Aires may be further shortened by radio dancing. ‘These luxuries of the air originated in England and to the British must go the credit of realizing what could be done with the enormous envelope of a Zeppelin. Hardly had the armistice been signed when the engin- eers.of the most experienced British firm boldly drew the smaller ship under construction in Germany seems “In the plans for this British titan of the air are spec- ifted electric kitchens, staterooms more commodious than those of a transatlantic liner, smoking rooms and eleva- tors operating fromthe top of the huge bag down to the | flome day this swift “cloud” of steel and fabric may be - between London and Australia; for a world- plans for a thousand-foot dirigible compared with which, removed when it can be avoided. Eventually the barber who trims the edges inquires faceiiously: “Which side do you part it on?” What ghastly humor! What insufferable impudence! No doubt many a barber has been maimed and even murdered for showing so little tact. And then comes the stage of resignation when one can think of many worse calamities than can befall a man than the loss of his hair. MODERN SAMARITANISM You never know how much unhappiness rubs elbows with you on the street. Most of us move. behind a vei} that keeps us from seeing what is going on right beside us. Once in a while, though, the veil breaks for an instant—and then we get a leok at the cruel, tragic things that can happen. Motorists driving out of Cleveland the other day on the road to Pittsburgh passed a rickety old ice wagon drawn br @ mangy old horse. In the wagon were a bale of hay, two bushel baskets full of ccts and a crate of live chickens. On the seat sat an old, shabby man, hold- ing a little white puppy in his arms. His progress was painfully slow, and if any of the motorists gave him a éScond thought at all it was only to berate him for clogging the road. Yet every driver who pass. would have stopped to offer help if they had known th: facts. The old chap—he was past 65—was on his wey to his daughter's farm, in: western Pennsylvania. It was his last journey; onc2 he reached the farm he would settle down to spend the rest cf his life resting. He was very tired, 3 He had planned io join her for a long time. But he hadn't been much of a success, and he hated to go back, e>*;.ty-handed, to be a burden to her. So he had epent the past winter in Cleveland, trudging the streets to do odd jcbs, saving every penny so that he could take some- thing with him and make the home-coming look better. The wagon, the horse and the few possessions in the wagon bo:: were his gifts. Neither wagon nor horse amounted to much, but they could be used; besides, he could ride to Pennsylvania in them and save carfare. The hay ai.d oats would help, too, and the chickens surely would b2 gladly received. Then just to show that every- thing didn’t have to be utilitarian, there wes the puppy— a white, wriggly little terrier that eny farm famliy would be glad to have. So the old gentleman dreve tcwards his home in 8 drizzling rain, A few miles out of Cleveland he met disaster. There was a steep hill, very sitppery. The tired old horse couldn't make the grade—and presently horse, wagon and all clid downhill; skidded off the road and went into a ditch. The wagon was wrecked and the horse was killed. . An hour or so later a suburban police officer found the wreck. The old man was sitting on the broken wagon, still holding the puppy in his lap, crying. It takes a little bit of the sting out of it to learn that the policeman wasn't one of the hard-boiled kind. He led the old chap to a nearby town, and dug down in his pock*t for money enough to pay his fare to the Pennsyl- vania farm. The town's business men took an interest. They bought the wrecked wagon, the chickens and the feed for rather more than they were worth—and 50, finally, the old chap continued his journey, still holding the puppy, and with money in his pocket. We brush against situations like that every day, with- out recognizing them. Once we find out, of course, we're ready enough to help. But couldn't we be a little more eager to find out? BUILT BY THE RIVER It has been a long time since the government has had any unoccupied public land as far east as the Mississippi river. The other day, however, the general land office announced that it had thrown open to homesteaders tracts of land in Louisiana and Mississippi and that it was ready to receive claims for them. ‘This land, it should be explained, did not exist when the great rush for homesteaders’ land was on years ago. The Mississippi river has built it. Rich, black loam, carried down the river by scores of tons, has been de- posited in what may be made good farm land. ‘The Mississippi. brings floods and devastation, occa- sionally. But, less spectacularly, it is also engaged in constructive work. This new land, now about to be made Productive, is an example. | WHEN A MISTAKE IS COSTLY The mistakes that most men make in the course of their daily work are things that can be remedied in a short time. But there are a few businesses in which a mistake is apt to be frightfully expensive; and the busi- ness of building bridges is one of them. A gigantic suspension bridge is being built across the Detroit river. The cables had been swung and about a third of the floor had been laid. Then it was discovered that the wires that made up the great cables were some- how defective. Someone—manufacturer, engineer or con- tractor, we don’t know who—had made a little mistake. And there was nothing to do but take them down and start over. “ some trades in which mistakes are pretty costly. “You say this was made:in 1600 B. C.,” suspicious visitor to the museum guide. they put 1600'B..C.on it?” . make life easier and fatten us and fat shortens life. "WHY GOVERNMENT 18 COSTLY t (Minet wg) Cost of government That is costing the erectors just $1,500,000. There are remarks the “Why didn’t What's the use? Scientists. prolong Ie; then they THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE bald spot and the hat is touched, not tipped, and never silicon that scalp?” Answer: Silicon scalp would be of no the desired results from silicon, use a plentiful supply of those foods con- taining it. Dessert With Starch bodily toxins. This you can do by deep-breathing exercises, using two or three sponge or shower baths daily, drinking two or three gallons of water each day, and taking two enemas daily to flush out the bowels. That drinking of two or three gallons of water each day is to help kidney elim- ination, and using two enemas daily to cleanse the bowels of fecal matter and toxins. ” ‘These eliminative measures will be | vegetables?” many times more effective if no reg- It is not advisable to ular meals are used for a few days, containing and only fruit or fruit juices taken. | starchy food. All desserts contain a To make your instructions simple, considerable amount of sugar and I will arrange them in the form of a; sugar should not be used with schedule which you are to start or in morrow morning: Instructions for Tomorrow Upon arising, brush the teeth vig- orously for about five minutes using a stiff brush and any good tooth powder or dentifrice. Take a few deep-breathing exercises before an open window. Next, an enema, using &@ quart of warm water, followed by a ‘warm or cold sponge or shower bath. Use the cold water if you get the Proper flush of blood to your skin. Next; drink. an eight-ounce glass of orange juice, and repeat about every two hours during the day. This is the only food you are to have. Use at least one eight-ounce glass of water every half hour until bed- time, but take more if you can. Use another enema and shower bath before retiring at night. You can go about your regular duties as usual, and will notice no particular symptoms except possibly a slight headache which will pass away after the first day or two, and must be endured without using any head- ache remedies. ' Be sure to start this tomorrow morning, and look for tomorrow's starches either during the meal a dessert. Measles Question: Sabina W. asks: “Should a child that has had the measles be kept in a dark room to prevent in- jury to the eyes?” Answer: It is best to keep the child in a dark room most of the time, but several times a day the eyes should be exposed to some kind of light for only a few seconds at a time. This will prevent a chronic contraction of the iris and help to avoid future eye troubles caused by the forming of adhesions. finer and more precious than much ! the Court of St. James are not any- spun gold. cy shige thing like those of the ‘United States senate. FALLACY—OR NO? Senator Jones says drinking con- ‘We have a popular American con- } gressm: 2 viction that there is more haj raaeproline ceeeln tomK ppiness to k her peopl and peace and contentment in the id nie h oad Pieencives coming drinkers like themselves. ul ALLENE SUMNER, | Ordinary garden variety, humble walks of life than in the avenues Just a few weeks ago the Marine pea ue exotic Leite ple Band struck up “Hail to the Chief” | Crushed pearls carpeted with gold an and Mrs. Calvin Coolldge, first Indy of |Siver tissue for the paths upon the land, walked down the marble} i Feet y Question: F. J. L. writes: “Some time about a year ago I remember seeing in your column a remedy for offensive smelling feet. Will you kindly reprint it?” Answer: Wash the feet with soap and water twice daily. Sprinkle boric acid powder on the feet after each washing. Provide yourself with sev- eral pairs of shoes, wearing a dif- ferent pair each day. Shoes can be kept oderless by being filled at night with some kind of grain, such as corn which has been warmed in the oven so that it is thoroughly dry. There is some nobility even among the unregenerate! (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) Me BB PAUL REVERE'S RIDE ‘Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in seven- ty-five; Hardly a man is now alive ‘Who remembers that famous day and He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to- night Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a sig- nel light— One if by land, and two if by sea; shore shall be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and . farm For the country folk to be up and to arm.” In other words, American tradition staircase of the first house of the land,; would have it that the Mrs. Grace in distinguished | Coolidge sipping her chocolate soda through a straw at the corner drug store, should be infinitely happier than the first lady of the land, hostess to the greatest of earth. I am inclined to believe that there is something of the “sour grapes” Philosophy in this idea; that because ‘we ourselves must “walk slowly all our days” we prefer to believe that it is preferable to striding in the ave- nues of the mighty. If this philosophy is so, the tribute to Grace Coolidge is the greater, for she squeezed as-much fun-out of her high estate in life even with all its responsibilities and challenges as out of her peaceful little town environ- ment where no one recounts her every move—at least, they won't after a while when she is really forgotten as a first lady. Right now we watch her sip her preceded by aides dress, with the greatest in the land waiting to be received by her. Yesterday Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, or Grace Coolidge, as most of the town calls her, was going to market in Northampton, Mass., pricing pot roast and rib, ending up the shop- ping trip with a little treat in the ‘way of a chocolate soda at the corner drugstore, and going home to help her housekeeper in household duties. This sort of thing could happen in no other country in the world. A queen or empress or princess can never, no matter how much she yearns to do so, ever become @ com- moner. A queen, no matter if her kingdom is razed by the commoners crying for her blood, can never doff her ermine and purple and pearls. Affairs of state may drive her into @ quiet little hidden retreat, but so | chocolate sodas! long as she lives the tall tapering _ candies will be lit at dinner time and | © oe a liveried servant will pull out her || BARBS | chair and she will sit down in a court | 4, ° gown which, though frayed and fra- Sage gile, could never be worn by a com-| A Lynn, Massachusetts, man after moner. eight years of married life, gave it all zs * * ‘up, resent ae SOUT ao: ater a ell uj . He AN INDIVIDUAL TREAT stably at ‘This ability to adapt self to life in ere: figured he'd better get going any form, no matter how varied and fore the poker ‘got active. contrasting it becomes, is more thana| The German scholar who says mere American quality. It is a mat- | Americans have little to worry about ter of human individuality. Few in- should ‘have been here the other day deed have been our own first ladies 3 | when Lindbergh was overdue a few who, after turning over the keys to | hours. 2 a é the first home of the land to another mistress, have been able to change in a day from presiding as hostess to Queen Marie and her pearls to se- lecting a pot roast with their. own hands and calling it a. great day'with @ chocolate soda at'the corner drug store. 5 : The ability to take whatever the gods send, to be as contented in a small house needing paint and with sagging floors as in the greatest mansion of the land, is a born-with'| : ability, the possession . of which © is certain to win this year's Pulitzer prize, kicked around most of the man- agerial offices of Broadway before it got a showing—and this in face of the fact that Elmer Rice, the written the ht arigem jul “On Trial.” Among the more recent arrivals is “Appearances,” which was written by ® negro elevator boy in a San Fran- cisco hotel, and concerns the life of a bellhop. The author worked it out as he sat waiting for passengers. And when he had finished it, he sought the interest of Al Jolson, whom he had admired for his blackface imper- sonations, ** & ‘The constant cry from the blase for something new in entertainment leads to mo end of grotesque and odd methods of satisfying the demand. ‘The latest to come to my attention is a gentleman with two trained seals who exhibits them at parties where the little sons and daughters of bore- dom foregather. He drives them in a glass tank on a truck and move: them into the drawing rooms. He brings along a smaller tank of small fish to keep his seals interested in their work. ¢ There are any number of magi-\ cians, fortune tellers and such who make the rounds of the Park avenue affairs. A mind reading act finds itself with more private engagements than it can fill—its popularity being based on the fact that it tells tales right out loud on many of the guests. GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) Talks TOSS, &%, Parents THE YOUNG INVENTOR 9 “The average production per day from oil wells in the United States is less than eight barrels. The low average is due to the large number of very small wells. There are at this time more than 220,000 wells yielding about one-half barrel per well per day.”—E. B, Reeser, president of the American Petroleum cee; " * * “It 1s & moral and economic crime that.such a large number of people (the farmers) are producing a com- modity below the cost of production. It is a menace to our national well- being, but I am not sure it can be solved altogether through legislation.” —William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. ee e “If we are to create an instrumen- tality to which distressed agriculture can take its problems that instru- mentality must be clothed with broad and general authority.”—Secretary of Agriculture sy ur a Hyde. * “It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self- delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, as- sured of their greatness.” —Calvin Coolidge. (Commopaiian.) “Any government that seriously tries to control the news inevitably finds ba oh a Pct leads to dis- aster.”—Karl A. president of the United Press. '_ IN NEW YORK , New York;. April 18.—Romance sits back stage at most of Broadway's} * * * So through the night rode Paul Revere; And s0 through the night went his cry of alarm To ee, Middlesex village and arm,— . A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a aoe that shall echo forever- more For, borne on the night wind of the :. Bast, : ‘Through ail our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, . ‘The ‘people will waken and listen to The hurrying hoof-beats of that .| And_the’midnight message of Paul Revere: mee —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 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