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3 im 2 ES eee oad ere ee — TF a ieee? seven. “i Sieh sorte PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1929 The Bismarck Tribune Ap independent Newsprper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marek, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai) matter. George D. Mann ..............., Presideat and rublisher Suoscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per $2.20 Daily by mail, per 7.20 Daily by mail, per y: Un state, outside 6.00 Daily by mail, outside of 6.00 1.00 Weeuly 250 Member ‘Avait ‘Bureaw of Circulation Member of The Associated Press Associated Press ts exclusively entitied to the use tepublication of al] news dispatches credited to it not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also news of spontaneous origin publisher herein. of republication of all other matter herein reserved. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY NEW YORK .... Fifth Ave. Bldg. CHICAGO DETROIT Tower Bidg. Kresge Bldg. (Official City, State and Coun’y Newspaper) THE EARTH IS SHRI “Do you know what it means to starve? ‘That challenging question heads an advertisement re- ‘ently published by a committee that is seeking con- tributions to relieve famine conditions in Bessarabia. Forty thousand families, says the advertisement, arc ‘actually dying of starvation in Bessarabia. Unless out- side help comes many more will be in the same plight. So the appeal is broadcast in America—and the aver- age citizen, who thinks himself abused if he has to go ‘without his lunch, is asked if he knows what it is like to be starving. ‘The question is rather too easily answered. We don't knov; what it means to starve. Furthermore, most of us don’t know where Bessarabia is, nor do we care greatly. Forty thousand families are starving there, but it doesn't touch us. It's too far away, too unreal. We read, also, that there is a dreadful famine in China. A million people—or is it two million?—are dy- ing of starvation in some vague province in the interior. But it is all extremely remote. Besides, the Chinese are inexplicable people at best. So, while a few committees and church organizations struggle for funds, most of us never give the matter a thought. It is hard for us to get excited about tragedy that is not happening next door. We still have a good deal of the old clannish feeling—the feeling that so long as all 4: well with us and ours we should worry about what hap- pens to strangers. It happens, however, that that feeling is out of date. ‘The world is shrinking. In spite of ourselves, we are be- ing brought to the point where such things as famines in Bessarabia and wholesale starvation in China are bound to affect us, whether we like it or not. ‘We have more next door neighbors than we used to “have. Our inventions—the steamship, the railroad, the airplane, the telegraph, the whole network of modern finance, trade and production—have bound all sections of the globe closer together. And this, strangely enough, 4s going to make better people out of us. It is going to kill our old provincialism and isolation. It is going to make us learn that no man, and no na- tion, can live selfishly. It will not be long before the tragedy of any part of the human race will be instantly accepted as the deep, immediate concern of all. THE RIGHT TO CRITICIZE An old taunt addressed to political critics was in the form of an invitation to leave the country. You don't like the way things are run here. Then why don't you Jeave? If this country is not good enough for you, why don’t you look around for one more to your fastidious taste? Happily, that sort of thing has gone out of fashion. Today the public welcomes criticism from the individual, whether citizen or alien, because it betrays @ healthful interest in civic matters without which, if “ one votes at all, one votes not wisely. However, the political critic still comes in for his share of criticism. To some all adverse comment is “destruc- tive” or just plain “faultfinding.” This new taunt is that those who criticize a man in office are inspired to do so by a desire to succeed him. President Butler, of Columbia university, neatly main- tains the thesis that a man may criticize the president of the United States without necessarily wanting to be himself. other fields the rights of disinterested criticism been fairly well established. A reviewer may find with a book without being charged with thinking himself capable of writing a better one. Art critics can criticize paintings without knowing how to paint. But the resentment against the faultfinder has lingered Jonger in the realm of political discussion. One of the reasons the United States has a government “of the people, by the people and for the people” is because the people have always been free to criticize it, ‘to find and remedy its faults and to tell those in public In have fault THE AMERICAN PLAN Over the radio the other night, Charles M. Schwab gave a little industrial history which is as accurate as it is gratifying to both labor and capital. He expressed ® thought upon which all can ponder with profit to them- selves and to society. Among other things he said: “I have gone through some rather dark chapters in American industrial history. It is a great joy to realize that humanity rules today; that industry has awakened to the fact that the employer, in engaging men’s serv- ices, is entitled to use them but not to abuse them, and that the rights of the employe include among other : things the right to work safely, the right to live in such ® way that he and his family shall have their full meas- > ure of security, health and happiness.” Go true is this that low wages, bad working conditions | and mistrestment_of labor seem foreign to America. °, ‘Their rarity account for the little labor unrest and the curtailment of strikes to » minimum. American workers receive a living wage, enjoy good ‘working conditions and a high standard of living, and can look forward to & continuous improvement in their prosper because their employes do thelr work better. THE CONQUERING TALKIES ganist and orchestra. you hear as well as see would not compete with vaude- ville and the legitimate stage. Today the silent drama has lost its former appeal, the legitimate stage, concert hall and grand opera fear for their very life, and the critics are claiming even greater things for the talkies. One of the most enthusiastic claims made for talking Pictures is from the National Association of Teachers of Speech, which seriously proposes to obtain, through the talking pictures, a notable improvement in the voice and diction of the millions who are changing from screen gazers to listeners. If the talking screen performers of greatest popularity use their voices well and without ex- aggeration which inevitably makes theatrical dialogue sound stagey, it may be that their good example will have a beneficial effect. THE THOUGHTLESS FEW The many suffer for the transgressions of the few. This wouid be a platitude if it were not that modernity has given it greater significance. ‘The most common way the blameless many are made to expiate the wrongs of the few is through legislation. Things carried to excess invite prohibitory and restric- tive legislation, although in moderation they would have escaped the lawmakers. But once they are embodied in the statutes the temperate are punished with the in- temperate. It is conceivable that there would be no speed laws compelling the motorist on the straight, broad and un- traveled highway to drive as slowly as the one on the winding, narrow and busy thoroughfare if a thoughtless few had exercised reasonable care, Among those enterprises resorting to poster advertis- ing the complaint is common that there would now be heard no talk of legislative restrictions against advertis- ing signboards along highways if a few of the advertisers and board owners had been more politic in their choice of sites, It is a defect in the governmental system that it does not permit discrimination in favor of the petty offender. PUNISHING DRUNKEN HUNTERS The Michigan legisiature has voted to punish the drunken hunter in the same way that the drunken mo- torist is now punished. Hereafter, a man carrying a gun while under the influence of liquor will be subject to a stiff fine and a term in jail. This is an excellent idea, worth copying widely. ‘The idea of providing a stiff punishment for the drunken man who drives an auto is based on recognition of the fact that an auto is an extremely dangerous piece of ma- chinery in the hand of an intoxicated man. Surely the same thing is true of a rifle or shotgun. More and more it is becoming evident that the drunken man is simply out of place in the modern world. President Hoover may yet be compelled to recall Am- bassador Morrow to prevent his sugar-coated diplomacy from encouraging the Mexicans to apply for annexation to the United States. The weather bureau is the only government institu- tion that has never been accused of playing politics. Wien cne man makes a killing in Wall Street, a thouscnd others soon qualify as mourners. In days of old men became great by using their heads; now most men prefer to hire press agents. Motorists still attempt to get across in front of a train and only succeed in getting a cross. Paint just makes an old flivver look Be yourself. older. | Editorial Comment | THE TURKISH TONGUE (Living Age) In Arabic vowels are not represented at all. The Eng- lish word “catalogue” would be spelled “‘ctlg” in Arabic characters. If the reader did Sve am the word he could recognize it only by the context. ‘Although the Roman alphabet may not be ideally adapted to the Turkish language, its practicability is proved by the fact that both the Hungarians and the Finns, whose languages are closely related to Turkish, have used it for generations. Turkish written in Roman characters looks slightly like Italian. It has the ad,antage over English and French in that it is completely phonetic. There are no silent letters and every letter always has the same sound wherever it appears. SCIENCE IN ADVERTISING (Kansas City Star) Roger W. Babson is one of the country’s foremost jug- glers of statistics. He can make statistics roll over, play dead or bark when he calls. He handles logarithms as nonchalantly as a school boy adds two and two. His diagnoses of business have arrived at the dignity of be- ing known as authority. Recently Mr. Babson dealt with the subject of ad- vertising. Others have written about advertising, but none any more authoritatively or enlightening than this Boston diagnostician. He made, at the outset, the blunt statement that “a permanently successful business is never born great, but must achieve greatness—with na- tional advertising playing an almost indispensable role.” He recalled how the bankers of # generation ago used to sit around the table and turn thumbs down on loans to any business man who was suspected of advertising. But “the bankers of the coming generation will hesitate to lend money to a business man who is not advi for they know that he is probably due for a deficit.” There are 6,000 new customers a day for American products, Mr. Babson pointed out; every day a new group of 6,000 to be reached by an advertising message. “This,” he added, “is one reason why advertising should be con- tinuous. Another reason is that an advertising message is like a nail; you cannot drive it home at the first stroke but must hammer it home with a succession of strokes.” LA FOLLETTE (Duluth Herald) In the capitol building at Washington there is a Place called Statuary Hall, where each state is entitled to place statues of two of its most eminent sons. Yesterday the statue of Robert Marion La Follette was unveiled there as Wisconsin's second contribution to this hall of fame. The other figure from Wisconsin is that of Father Marquette, the gallant French priest and ex- Plorer who carried the cross through the wilderness and blazed trails for civilization fo follow. Wisconsin does well to have Bob La Follette represent it in Statuary Hall. He found Wisconsin ruled absolutely by a triumvirate of lumber, beer and railroads, and he left it a comman+ wealth eaethed by its people. ‘They were positive the pictures | This Kind of Grade-‘Crossing’ Must Go! | DAY... Do you prefer chocolates or gum drops? How do yu spend your Sat- urday nights? Just two of similar inquiries in a questionnaire submitted by the State Board of Education of New Jersey. Some of the teachers received the on- slaught very meekly and took their pens in hand to say whether they did or did not roll their stockings, smoke, or eschew Lady Nicotine; say “damn” or “peanuts!” But the schoolmarms of Dover, N. J., “got sprunty.” They practically said that it was no old school board's business whether or not they enter- tained-their beaus on the front or back porch, and refused to answer, though it meant heresy and prob- able loss of job. < * ’NOTHER CASE Schoolmarms are in trouble in an- other way over in Washington, D. C. A superintendent of a high school es- sayed to expel two boys for joining secret fraternities. Their mamas pro- tested to the school board that the social life of their children outside of school hours was no concern of the school, and the board is, queerly enough, so inclined to agree that it refuses to back up the superintend- ent in his enforcement. ee RR SHE WOULDN'T PLAY And I read in the paper the other day of some vale or hamlet in which @ teacher was to be ousted because she refused to devote all her eve- nings and holidays to the various so- cial functions of the town. And a school teacher killed herself in an- other state yesterday because of fig- uring that she must spend the next five summers of her life in school taking special training in order to obtain a $50 nee a year. * * THEY'RE ENVIED Business and professional women who are not teachers are inclined to look upon the latter's lot with envy. They see her home at 3 o'clock. They see her free Saturdays and long hol- idays, together with the fact that she has three months a year in which to go where she pleases and do what she wishes without fear of losing her job. x *k & HER STORY The teacher may remind them that |when they go home at five or six | o'clock they are really through for the day with no mounds of papers to correct or lessons to outline. Teach- ers may remind the office worker that they are “docked” for most of their | holidays, and that their annual three | months’ leave is more of a problem as 'to how to find work then or make constant reminder that she must be {that abhorrent thing when it comes to peace of mind “an example to the | young,” makes us rather wonder that ) any girl has the courage to enter the profession! 1? > il > BARBS 4 June probably will find a lot more young people ready for the altar, or, | 88 some of the British quaintly pro- nounce it, “halter.” * ek * Los Angeles recently held a floor- sweeping contest for girls. Old time COLOR (By Alice Judson Peale) ; What is expected of a teacher, de-| in colors and in making arrangements | pending entirely on the community | with them may be slow in learning {in which she lives, and, most of all,| their names. the universal demand that she live! colors correctly is something quite {like @ goldfish in a bowl, with the| The ability to name different from appreciation of color grades and values and from taking an esthetic pleasure in them. It is relatively unimportant to teach a little child to say the names of colors, but it is extremely im- Portant to give him a great deal of color experience, and to permit him to play freely with color materials. Among the best materials for this Purpose are sets of one-inch color cubes in yellow, orange, red, blue, green and purple. These may be bought in large quantities from any Kindergarten supply house. If we do not disturb the child and He th ney en “showing him how,” ie W lo all sorts of interesting things with them. He will sort one affairs like that always recall pleas-! color out from the rest to play or ant memories. eee Just one word more about Marion build with it. He will make patterns in alternating colors. Gradually he will use the cubes in Talley—she surely ought to be able| increasingly complex arrangements to pick up a pretty nice piece of| which give evidence of a developing ground now for a song. xk * Lots of people have been waiting sense of balance and design. Crayons are another excellent means of providing color experience. eagerly for the first article by Al|The child should use those which are Smith, to see whether or not he puts | about a half inch in diameter. At that extra “d” in radio. ze & first he will not notice the colors he is using; he will scribble for the mus- Florida, fighting a fruit pest, de-'|cular pleasure of scribbling. After a cided to spray automobiles with in- sect powder. An awful blow to the San -TeNDIOR oes * time he will choose particular colors and begin to make “pictures.” SUPPLY AND DEMAND America is a country where a young| Tirana, Albania, May 3.—The law demand has man takes @ course in pharmacy in| of supply and order to be able .to sell gooseliver| havoc with the marriage lwiches. this (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.)| desirable spouse for $25, a at have culetripged all, Seavious records, ve been instances brokers in Berlin arereap- | has been bought for a few sacks harvest. this | potatoes or grain. In comparison i marl country. A man may acqi ef oot and wherein a nade good pack animal will sell or more. for OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern ~ HERE, MRS. HOOPLE Go BUY YoURSELF BoNNET fiw you TW \ THE CURFEW HouUR meee HA BREW ME A cinnamon To Some BELITTLING JiBES FoR Me BEING oUT oNE EVENWG PAST WITNESSED A MILKWAGON cRASH, Wi! ae TE WAS PAID HANDSOMELY FoR MY NARRATIVE oF HOW “He AcciDENT o¢cuRRED/s ~~ How RUN ALONG AND To Go WITH Some 2 IS $10.” A New spring SUBJECTED ME Z ZA iT . WHeN L Por OF “TEA toast f= WHY AmoS/ iu. I doy J meaN To Be UNKIND, meee BUT I THINK FoR ME 0 SPEND “He $10. ON A HAT, WHEN I SHOULD GWE IT “to SOME SANITY EXPERT To EXAMINE YodR HEAD — THANKS, — THANKS ~~ Not oN: WILL You GET ToAST AND TEA4 By the time he has reached the age of five the average child is able : to name colors correctly when he is | the too meager salary at best extend) asked. But actual determination of | through that period. colors comes much earlier than this. * * * It begins to show, in children between WE WONDER two and three. All in all, the very indefiniteness of| A child who has a strong delight BuT Tit Ler You WouULD BE SELFISH L SuP THE TEA our. oF YouR Grape FATHER'S PET SAUCER fe D: THE PATIENT'S HANDS (Continued) The fingernails may indicate nerv- ous disorders by white spots under the fingernails, but this, and brittle and chalky nails, may also be caused by malnutrition. The doctor often examines hangnails to determine the patient’s degree of resistance to in- fection. It is also possible to deter- mine something of the condition of the blood by the color of the nails. For example, cyanosis gives a bluish tint, and anemia causes a bleaching. Of course, a doctor will not depend upon these symptoms for a real diag- nosis, and he will always confirm or refute these indications by labora- tory examination. The fingertips are sometimes of diagnostic importance. Clubbed fin- gers or a great enlargement of the fingertips may be caused by a num- ber of different diseases, but especial- ly thouse which interfere with the ac- tion of the diaphragm. Arthritis often makes its first indi- cation in certain enlargements of the fingerjoints. Acromegalia produces an enlargement of all the bones of the hands. Myxodemia may produce @ puffy, deeply grooved hand. Ray- naud’s disease frequently attacks the fingers, causing them to become white and cold or, if the condition persists, even gangrenous. The manner in which the patient shakes hands may give much valuable information concerning the patient's nervous temperament. The patient may involuntarily twitch or hold the hands in certain Positions which frequently play an important part in diagnosis of such diseases as alcoholic poisoning, drug poisoning, Grave's disease, multiple sclerosis, hysteria, paralysis agitans, Friedreich's ataxia, epilepsy, chorea, tetany, and various professional cramps. Much can be determined by the temperature and moisture of the hands. A hot dry hand will almost. always indicate an internal fever. A hot moist hand usually indicates a severe toxic condition and is gener- ally found where there is an excess of thyroid secretion. When the hand is cold and dry it may simply indicate fatigue or exposure to cold. It may also indicate a disorder of the circu- lation or heat. When the hand is cold but moist the patient does not usually have heart trouble or other disturbances of the circulation, but this cold moist hand is frequently found in those who are neuristhenics or have nervous disorders, From these indications of what can HEALTH-DIET ADVICE wt She fast My 2. be learned from the hands, you cat readily see the importance of keen powers of observation to the phys- peresial qusctsona ee taeditir aoe ee oe ee pune. Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. ician. Not only is careful observation important to the physician but it is undoubtedly important to everyone, regardless of occupation. There is an old saying: “Knowledge comes to him who searches.” QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Handball for Office Workers Question: C. E. W. asks: “Do you recommend the game of handball for the office worker? If so, how often should it be played, and what other exercise do you suggest?” Answer: Playing handball is a very good exercise for the office worker. Three 45-minute periods per week would be valuable. The differ- ent machines used in the gymnasiums are also to be recommended. How- ever, @ certain amount of calisthenic exercises should also be taken each day, in connection with walking, swimming, etc. Brown Spots Question: J. M. H. asks: “What would cause dark, rusty brown spots to form on my forehead? They have been forming within the last three years.” Answer: The brown spots you refer to are often caused by biliousness, and if this is true in your case, the thing to do is to get rid of congestion in your liver and gall bladder. Send for the article called “A Cleansing Diet” which outlines a splendid re- gime for you to follow. Dried Beans Question: P. H. asks: “Are lima beans the best dried beans to use as food? Or, which kind of dried beans would be the best to use in an emergency? Also, the best way to Prepare dried beans as a food so they will retain their flavor and the vita- mins, Will long or hard boiling in- jure their vitamins? Would sim- mering be the best way?” Answer: Any small dried beans may be used by those in good health. They should be cooked a long time by simmering or slow baking, where only @ small amount of heat is used. (Copyright, 1929, by the Bell Syndi- cate, Inc.) CE Chal ASS Se 4 iD WASHINGTON CHARTERED One hundred and twenty-seven years ago today Washington, D. C., was incorporated as a city by an act of congress. Its charter provided for @ mayor to be appointed annually by the president of the United States and for a council consisting of two houses. This form of government, with a few minor changes, remained in force until 1871, when congress revoked this charter and established territorial government throughout 4 whole of the district of Colum- This act of 1871 took the ballot away from the citizens of the cap- ital and that feature has been the source of much controversy since. Tradition says that the site of the city was marked by George Washing- ton when, as a young surveyor, he was scouring the surrounding country. At all events, Ws » assisted by an advisory commission, chose the site in later years. ‘ President Washington seldom re- ferred to the city in conversation by the name which had been given it as a tribute to him. Instead, he usually called it “the Federal City.” $$$. t Our Yesterdays | 7 > FORTY YEARS AGO -_ William Bannon, who has been in Bismarck for many years, left last night for Milwaukee, where he will enter into business. L. A. Dale, Kansas City, arrived yesterday to begin his duties as pilot for one of the government boats. “If a man is going abroad for busi- ness or pleasure I think it does not cut much ice whether the ship is wet or dry. I don’t see why a man should. shape his trip just to get a morning toddy."—Bishop James Cannon, Methodist Rvlgoeral oe South. “The instincts of youth are sound, and would lead a lad to the halter soon enough; it is the cautious father and the jealous mother who ask the boy, indignantly, how much he is public ota has back of it an armed f which can be called 2 its river i