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The x e } 4 a THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY. MAY 1, 1930 Dismarck Tribuie Ap independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) the Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- and entered at the postoffice at Bismarcs mai} matter, D. Mann .........++++..,President and Publishe: Subscription Rates Payable in Advance / & & i) | E j it F E i 3 a e by mail, in state, per year .... by mail, in state, three years for by mail, outside of North Dakota, YOAT .rccccsccserecsevess by mail in Canada. per year Member Audit Bureae of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the bill 2 (Offieial City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives "Atta Boy After years of reflection and greater experience in the devious ways of politicians and their henchmen, the Far- go Forum speaks from a full and contrite heart. It has come to a decision that recall of public officials is wrong, a delusion and a snare. Viewing North Dakota politics in retrospect and with a laudable benignity of spirit it has courageously voiced convictions in an editorial entitled: “Warning Good Men Out of the Field of Public Service.” Even the state recall which “drove Lynn J. Frazier out of the office” was wrong and has proved a boomerang, a thorn, if you please, in the body politic, argues the Fargo newspaper. But let the Forum speak for itself: “On one occasion the state of North Dakota had a recall election against the governor, attorney general and the commissioner of agriculture and labor. In that instance this newspaper WAS OPPOSED to the application of the recall, though it did subser quently support the candidates who were entered against the three recalled officials, when that recall was ordered in a statewide convention representa- tive of every county. But like the Fargo recall, the same voters who drove Lynn J. Frazier out of the office of governor came back a few months later and elevated him to the United States senate.” The Tribune welcomes the Forum into the group of newspapers which oppose the recall, even though its opposition a few years ago was “a matter of principle solely” and that its support of candidates opposing the recalled officials was merely a matter of political ex- bediency and comfortable compromise. This newspaper seeing the light honestly as did the Forum refused to go even part way. It opposed the re- call on principle as well as in practice. Today, The Tribune prints the Forum’s confession in no spirit of gloating or satisfaction despite memory of those dark days of the recall in a certain bleak October when brickbats were flying and epithets were “booming.” Far be it from any newspaper to sit in judgment on an- ether, There is no futile ambition here to bring a Dan- iel to judgment. But there should always be more rejoicing over one sinner brought to repentance than over the ninety and nine who need no repentance. ‘We give The Forum @ Biblical break. ‘Atta boy! Columbus Disaster Shows Fault It is hard to imagine anything more horrible than the Ohio penitentiary fire, r The thought of those -300-odd convicts, locked in their steel cages and screaming out helplessly as death came upon them in the smoke, is going to be a hard thing to forget. One's faith in the ultimate goodness of the world . does not easily survive a jar like that. Perhaps, though, it will be a good thing if we can't {the Supreme court because he failed to make a certain forget this fire too easily. There is no way of undoing the tragedy. But it is pos- sible for us to see to it that it is never repeated. Ohio's prison, as a matter of fact, was just waiting for something like this to happen. The stage was all set for \t—had been set for it for years. The investigation now " under way may disclose that this or that man, group of men or circumstance or group of circumstances was di- tectly at fault; but we do not need an investigation to see that the fundamental trouble was the penal system itself. ‘The prison at Columbus was very old. It was fright- fully overcrowded. It was manned by a staff of sadly underpaid guards. Year by year its population increased, year by year its facilities grew more and more inade- quate; but the politicians at Columbus, year by year, Postponed the expenditure of money that would have made a modern, decent penitentiary out of it, So, sooner or later, something like this fire was bound to happen. The tragedy, when it came, was unspeakably awful. But there is no use in pretending that it was merely the work of a sardonic, inscrutable fate. It was the work of human shortcomings and indifference. It happened be- cause Ohio was willing to house its convicts in « relic of the Dark ages. If this were Ohio's affair alone it would not be so bad. But is it? Are there, in all the union, half a dozen states which do not have penitentiaries equally out-of-date, equally overcrowded, equally understaffed? Could not the same thing happen tomorrow in almost any other Penitentiary one could name? ‘There is the rub. Not only Ohio needs to spend several million dollars on a new prison system. Most of the oth- er states need to do the same thing. It took the Iroquois theater fire to compel the installa- tion of safety devices in American theaters. It took the sinking of the Titanic to compel ocean liners to carry Sufficient lifeboats. It took the Collinwood school fire to make American school buildings safe for children. The disaster at the Ohio penitentiary, let us hope, will résult in a similar advance for our prisons. We must not continue any longer with inadequate, crowded, out-of-date prisons. If we do, we shall have, Some day, a repetition of what happened at Columbus. A Tree-Planting Program In 1932 the nation will celebrate the 200th anniversary ‘of the birth of George Washington. Naturally, the cele- bration will take a lot of forms; one of the best that we have heard of thus far is the proposal of the American ‘Tree association, which hopes to see 10,000,000 memorial | trees planted in the United States between now and Feb, 22, 1932. . The American Tree association has fought valiantly, for many years, to get the American public to understand mA the importance of reforestation measures. The bicen- 6 At-has_just announced should give 1 * = cause a great impetus. Charles Lathrop Pack, president Of the association, has this to say of it: “George Washington was a woodsman and a tree plant- er, His diary contains repeated references to the value of trees and thelr care. Great programs are being put un- der way by the Bicentennial committee. The tree planting is a thing the individual can do. Thus he can have a very real part in the celebration.” Judicial Qualifications When United States senators oppose an appointee to decision in line with their convictions or because he hel¢ some economic view unpopular to them or their consti- tuencies, a very dangerous precedent is being established. Silas H. Strawn, of Chicago, former president of the American Bar association, hits the nail on the head in his telegram urging the confirmation of Judge Parker. He says: “Judges should be selected because of demonstrated ability and experience and not be prejudiced by political reasons or because they have administered the law as required by judicial oath.” The contest made on Chief Justice Hughes and now being repeated in the case of Judge Parker belongs in the realm of petty politics and hardly befits the dignity that is supposed to circumscribe the acts of the greatest deliberative body in the world. Our Own Responsibility Everybody has his own ideas about the movies, of course. And it is quite certain that most people realize that much of Hollywood's product is cheaply suggestive rather than wholesome and uplifting. But the movie producers, perhaps, don’t deserve quite all the blame. The office of Will Hays recently issued a clip-sheet containing comments from a number of small-town edi- tors regarding the movies. These men, having talked with their local theater managers, without exception re- Ported that a clean, unsensational film fails to draw, but that a flamboyant, suggestive picture full of scantily clad chorus girls will get a packed house. Perhaps the movie men should rise above monetary considerations and give us the former kind of pictures | There’s Always Room for One More! regardless, But, since they are only human, that is a bit Today Is the too much to expect. The responsibility, in the last anal- Anniversary of ysis, rests on us. If we support the right kind of films Properly the producers will give us more of them. If we | ToOpay is the ANNIVERSARY of don't, they won't. In the long run, MAY DAY we get just about the kind of movies we want. . Dr. Little’s Criticisms The cause of higher education in America is a popular one. Consequently, there is bound to be a good deal of interest in remarks recently made by Dr. Clarence Cook Little, former president of the University of Michigan; and undoubtedly they will provoke some very heated re- torts. Dr. Little believes that “meddling women” constitute @ very detrimental factor in most. colleges and universi- ties. He says of them: “They are the militant feminists—the older women executives, faculty members, faculty wives and local club women. They thrive on a diet of emotional pap, They tend to breed and to foster a sex antagonism based on unwise and unreal values, “They demand, among other things, that there be an equal number of men and women on college faculties, regardless of the competitive processes through which candidates are elected. They are too highly emotional in their approach to all problems.” ‘We are just waiting, now, for the lightning to begin striking about Dr. Little's scholarly head. Editorial Comment | Warning Good Men Out of the Field of Public Service (Fargo Forum) For many years we have been impressed with the Proposition that the successful man rarely goes in for Public service, and we have been deploring that most regrettable situation. Casting about for an explanation of their failure so to do, we have been disposed to point to the form of campaign that is required for election to Office, to the primary election, to the recall. ‘The successful man rarely resorts to that which is cheap and petty, and so many times, when he is pre- vailed upon to permit the use of his name as a candidate for official position, he has found himself the victim of scandalous attack, on imaginary issues having no relation whatsoever to his qualifications or fitness for the work he is to assume as a public service. His natural reaction has been to withdraw from the field and permit others to conduct the public business. True, we have many fine men, many successful men, in important public positions in North Dakota, but the fact remains that, by and large, those best fitted for posts of responsibility in the conduct of our government, whether that be local or state, are first to shy away from such service, Just now, in Fargo, we are having an experiment in one phase of so-called Pigeeoheuavapatan St pemen, the attempt at applying the operations of the recall to three members of the City Commission. This newspaper has said before that it holds no brief for the assailed com- missioners, but it believes firmly in the theory that the sound interests of Fargo are all opposed to fruition of the recall movement. Assume that the recall is successful, and the three men are ousted from office. Will that fact not operate to further discourage the citizens of this community, best fitted for service upon our governing commission, from ever accepting a call to service upon our governing body? Not many men are willing to go into office, with knowl- edge that a constant threat of recall hangs if they chance to . Fargo has had one previous experience with the recall. In that instance it ousted Mr. J. H. Dahl as police com- missioner, Within a comparatively short time electorate returned Mr. Dahl to the city commission, 8s police commissioner, but as mayor, The recall the eventual effect of elevating him an even higher Post than that which he had previously held. On.soe cemmsiam the mats of Merih, Dakela bad @ recall tion, directed against governor, attorney general and the commissioner of agri- culture and labor. In that instance this news- But, like the Fargo the same voters who drove Lynn J. Frazier out of the office of gov- ernor, came back a few months later and elevated him to the United States senate. The recall is unsound in principle, its application in- jurious to a community, and almost always, on the basis of the record that has been written in the past, it acts as a boomerang. Th i = Bering oe In these days of modern rapid transportation nothing travels faster and farther than a new joke. Its appear- ance is as welcome as the birth of an heir in an old- fashioned kingdom, and it is started on a dizzy circula- tion that sweeps the whole country in concentric rings and then flies off at a tangent to the farthest of the jest—to the Barbary states and London. The new joke, perhaps, comes out modestly and timid- ly in @ newspaper or magazine. It is quickly seized and reproduced by @ thousand more. It next appears in radio Programs; it is sandwiched in the “talkies”; it passes on to the vaudeville stage, and after it is supposed to have Jumped the ocean it fools its old friends by turning up in the daily comic strips. Of course, it never gets way from the after-dinner speakers. There is ‘80 much in demand as bright new jokes—the common Property of all—and there is never overproduction. He is a real benefactor of humanity who contributes to the world A.good joke. aes oe hes May day, the survivial of an an- cient festival observed by the Romans in honor of Flora, the goddess of flowers, is celebrated the first of May by the crowning of a May Queen and the dancing about a May pole. In mediaeval times the day was celebrated with much pomp and cere- on May Day, gather hawthorn or “May” along the country lanes, find “Queen o’ the May.” They then set up the May pole and danced through- out the day. This same custom still survives in country districts, and attempts are | being made to revive it in schools in England as a general celebration. Toward the end of the 19th cen- tury, various labor organizations in Europe adopted May Day as the occa- sion of annual demonstrations. In some countries the day was frequent- ly marked by clashes between workers! and government troops. Yt | Quotations | AAG as doo spate ada BD “Hating people is like tearing down mony. It was the custom in early|your own house to get rid of rats.”— England for boys and girls to go out|Rev. Herry Emerson Fosdick. x Oe OK “Literature is like a garden; one the fairest maiden and crown her/enters and admires the flowers, but one has individual preferences.” Professor William Lyon Phelps. ses “If it is more blesssd to give than to receive, then most of us are con- tent to let the other fellow have the greater blessing.”—Rev. Shailer Mat- thews. eee “When a man stops having experi- ences he stops learning; after that he merely remembers, and then he be- comes muddled.”—Ben Hecht, author. ek OK “If women were to have a gospel of beauty, one word would contain it, and that word is—“refinement.”— > | Marilyn Miller, stage and screen star. sae ‘The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.”—Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. Since the creation of the Oregon state parole board in 1911, a total of 2,544 prisoners have been paroled and 570 convicts pardoned. AUTHOR SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT Salsify goes under so many aliases that it might almost be used as a vil- lain for a detective story. It is known as oyster plant, salsify, vegetable oyster and John-go-to-bed-at-noon. However, salsify under any other name tastes as good. The popular name of “oyster plant” is derived from the taste somewhat resembling oysters when this vegetable is cut very fine, cooked and seasoned with butter and cream. However, in food compo- sition it is very different from the oyster. Salsify resembles in appearance a Jong white carrot and, like carrots and turnips, may be classed as a non- starchy vegetable if used when young before the starch has time to fully develop. Two kinds of are known here, the white and the black. The white has a faint yellow tint to the skin and is white inside, while the black has black skin. Some epicures claim that the black has a superior flavor, but each one makes a good vegetable. Black salsify contains a quantity of inulin instead of starch. For this reason it is sometimes pre- scribed for diabetics. When put into the stomach inulin turns into sugar from the action of the hydrochloric acid. This vegetable may be used either boiled or raw in salad. In pre- paring it, wash well but do not scrape. Scraping causes the flesh to discolor quickly and also removes some of the vitamins and mineral salts which lie directly under the skin. Carefully remove any dark spots as they may cause a strong flavor after cooking. The principal minerals in this veg- etable are iron, potash, lime and magnesium. The leaves, if very young and tender, may be chopped and combined with other greens in a salad. Here are some recipes for salsify: Escalloped Salsify. Cook until soft in boiling water. Murder. Backstairs ©1930 by NEA’ SERVICE INC EGIN HERE TODAY to iY. five the BERKELEY; bas i BERKELEY be Creal fi been suspected jun ist, Dundee awaits the verdict te know if Mrs. Berkeley wan to have been poisoned or net. NOW GO ON WITH TRE STORY -CHAPTER XLV At nine o'clock that Sunday eve ning Dundee descended to the brary, put in a call to the labora- tory of Dr. Abel Jennings, city chemist and taxicologist, and re- ceived the report that wood alcohol impurities had been found tn the specimen of perfumed earth from the summerhouse flooring. “Well, there's your case, Dundee,” Dr. Jennings concluded cheerfully. “And all I have to do is to prove {t.". Dundee retorted, “Thanks to certain interference, that will be an almost impossible task.” He lost no time, however, in set- ting to work. “Wickett, I'm going to bother you again,” he said to the butler whom be found at work in his pantry. “You'd like some dinner, I ex- pect, sir,” the butler suggested. “Not now. Later, if you'll be 80 kind, I'd like you to bring a plate of sandwiches anda large thermos bottle éf strong black coffee to me 4m the tower room. I’m going to be working there several hours. It is the only place 1 know of where C can be sure of absolute privacy -. - By the way, there's a key to the door at the bottom of the stairs, ign't there?” “Yes, sir, Wickett assured him, removing the key from a large ring. “The key to the room iteelf is in the door.” “Thanks, Wickett. Maybe two locked doors will keep Gigi out... Now, Wickett, I've been told that it is your job to fill the lighter fountains and that commercial wood alcohol is used.” “Yes, sir,” Wickett agreed, with faint surprise but apparently no fear. “Where do you keep your supply of wood alcohol? Has anyone ac cess to it except yourself?” “No one but myself, sir,” Wick- ett answered promptly. “I keep it locked away in my pantry here and the keys are never out of my pos- session, sir.” “Good! Mr. Berkeley told you to use wood alcohol instead of ben- zine, I suppose?” “Yes, sir, Hither fluid works in the lighters, but Mr. Berkeley asked me to use wood alcohol, because of the black, sooty smoke and the odor of benzine.” “Right, Wickett! When did you last fill up the fountains?” “Friday morning, sir. None of them was completely empty, but®! filled every fountain in the house, sir, There are six, all told: one in the drawing room, one in the lbrary, one in Mrs. Berkeley's sit- ting-room, one in the guest, room which Mr. Crosby has now, one in Mr. Berkeley's room and one in Mr. Dick's.” eee fy ANNE. AUSTIN * THE talk.” “A slim chance, but one that 1 couldn’t afford to overlook,” he said to himself as he left the butler’s pantry and turned toward the draw- ing-room. ese Fe minutes later he accom- panied George Berkeley to the Ubrary and closed the door. “Please forgive me, Mr. Berke- ley, for calling you away from your bridge game,” he began, “but there is a question 1 must ask you.” “I thought the district attorney bad taken over the case,” George Berkeley retorted stiffly. “It is Mr. Sherwood’s privilege pexoes considered for a mo-|to investigate any case for his own ment, then made a sudden dect- sion. ble for you to collect all these foun- tains without being observed?” “The family is in the drawing room now, sir,” Wickett demurred. “That fountain is not important. But please get all the others, bring them here and measure the amount of wood alcohol remaining in every one of them. As sdon as you have “Wickett, would it be posst- | office, but he cannot ask the po- lice to abandon their own lines of \nquiry,” Dundee explained courte ously. He paused, groping for words with which to frame a ques- tion, so that it would indicate the Possession of knowledge which he did not possess at all. “Mr. Berke- ley, when you went upstairs about half-past 10 Friday night, to—say good-night to Gigi and possibly con- finished, report the results to me{S0le her, did you see or encounter in the tower room.” “Very well, sir.” “Just a minute, Wicket.” Dundee detained him. “Please send Pegsy Harper and Della Blinn to me here. You need not come in with them, however.” When the two maids, looking very tired and frightened, entered the butler’s pantry, the detective has- tened to reassure them. “I'll keep you only a minute, girls, and I'm not going to accuse either of you of murdering Doris Matthews. But 1 want to ask you @ question and I want you both to think hard before answering it: While cleaning bathrooms and hand-basins yesterday and today, either downstairs or upstairs, has either of you noticed the odor of pertu: bout @ drain pipe?” The girls looked at each other blankly, then shook their heads de- cldedly in the negative. “Would you have noticed such an odor if perfume had been poured down a drain pipe?” Dundee per- sisted. “I'm sure 1 would sir, since there’s been so much talk about perfume, on account of poor Doris being hit over the head with a bottle of it,” Della answered. “But I didn’t smell any perfume at all, yesterday or today. That is, in the bathrooms, All of the cloth closets smell of perfume becau Miss Gigi sprinkled it on every- body before Doris was hit with the bottle, But I haven't smelled any ‘at all anywhere else. Mrs. Berke- ley uses violet ba*h salts, but she hasn’t even used any of them since Doris was killed.” “I don’t clean upstairs—just this floor, but 1 didn’t smell any per- fume in the lavatory down here,” Peggy assured him. “Then will you take particular no- tice tomorrow morning—both of you—and report to me if there is such an odor from a drain pipe?” Dundee ‘asked, with his friendliest smile, reinforced by a five-dollar bill for each of the girls. “And don't mention to anyone—not even Dis- trict Attorney Sherwood or Captain Strawn—that we've had this little anyone at all on the second floor?” The multimillionaire fell into the trap. “I saw no one on my way to my daughter’s room, but when’l was leaving it I saw Wick- ett emerging from my wife's sit- tng room.” Dundee concealed his exultation. Not by the flicker of an eyelid must he betray to George Berkeley that not until this moment had he known of the visit to Gigi’s room. The trap had. been laid upon the flimsiest of foundations—merely a long-delayed recollection of the fact that when he—Dundee—had re turned to the drawing-room Fri- day night after his telephone call to Police Headquarters, Berkeley was not in the room and did not return until just before Clorinda Berkeley announced her intention of going up to bed. “That was when Wickett took the perfume flask to Mrs. Berkeley's room,” he said casually. “I believe so,” Mr. Berkeley an- swered coldly. “Though I did not know at the time what his errand was.” Dundee tried another shot in the dark. “When you went on into your wife's rooms yourself, did you notice the perfume flask?” “I went no further than the sit- ting-room,” Berkeley answered. Again the trap had sprung. “I was thefe only five or six minutes, pos- sibly less time.” “What was your errand to your wife's sitting-room, Mr. Berkeley?” Dundee asked quietly. ; His host's stern, handsome face flushed darkly, but he answered: “I was using my wife's telephone. 1 wanted to make a call and her telephone was the nearest. I tried to reach my lawyer, but there was no answer.” eee R the third time, but very con- fidently now, Bonnie Dundee Dretended knowledge he did not possess, “That call to your lawyer was a direct result of your few minutes’ talk with Gigi, was it not, iflush on his f Mr. Berkeley?” , The millionairgshrugged and-the pened. “l am OF *THE AVE! is BLACK PIGEON; ETC. not surprised that Gigi has tattled. She has @ very loose tongue But I can assure you that 1 was not following her hysterical suggestion. 1 was not about to consult my lawyer in his professional capac ity, but as a friend. He has a daughter of Gigi'’s age, whom he has enrolled in a junior college in the east. After my talk with Gigi, 1 suddenly made up my mind to send her to this college, instead of bermitting her to remain at home this winter as her mother had planneu. Mrs. Berkeley’s idea was that Gigi should be groomed for society by Mrs, Lambert. U wished to ask my lawyer's opinion of the college, for a@ girl of Gigi’s tem- 4 Derament.” “I see,” Dundee nodded. “Thank you very much, Mr. Berkeley... You saw no one when you left Mrs. Berkeley’s sitting room?” “No one at all.” “One thing more, Mr, Berkeley. 1 understand that you had agreed to finance a beauty parlor venture for Doris.” “That is quite correct,” the mil- Monaire agreed coldly. “In fact 1 began a letter to my lawyer Fri- day before dinner, but 1 was too upset over another matter to anisb it. When Doris told me of her en- Gagement to Arnold, she also con: fided her ambition to open a beauty shop. I reminded her that capital would be required. 1 admired the girl for her very evident good qualities and particularly for her attitude toward my son. 1 deter mined to help her financially, on a strictly business basis, of course. T am a silent partner in a number of small ventures in Hamilton, all of them handled through my lawyer and I believe I should not lose money if I put in into a beauty shop. I might add that Doris had accepted the idea gratefully, on the condition that her flance did not object to my being her silent part- ner.” Dundee heard him through with- out interruption. “I am sorry Doris did not live to benefit by your kind- ness, Mr. Berkeley.” “So am I... If you'll pardon me, I'll get back to my bridge game,” Berkeley answered stiffly. Half an hour later Wickett was admitted to the tower room. He came bearing a tray of sandwich and coffee, as well as information which seemed to puzzle him ex- ceedingly. “I bave checked the contents of the fountains, sir,” he said, deposit ing his tray as far from the par rot’s cage as the length of the table allowed, “Here are the figures, sir. And I can’t understand them at all Mr. Berkeley's fountain was full and less than an ounce of the wood alcohol had been removed from any of the others, except Mra. Berkeley’s. I can swear I filled it full on Friday, sir, but I found less than two ounces in it and it holds five.” “That's our secret, Wickett,” Dun- dee warned him. When the butler had left, the detective locked the door at tl foot of tairs, returned to the tower room and locked its door, then addressed his parrot: “I'm afraid you're in for @ long session, ‘my dear Watson’!’* (To Be Contmued) for at least an hour and serve in a heap on top of shredded lettuce. Boil the sasify, Stewed Salsify, Dr. McCoy will gladly answer Personal questions on health and diet addressed to tim, care of The Tribune, Enclose a stamped sddressed envelope fcr reply. Peel, chop into small pieces, add some butter and milk and reheat. Salsify Patties. Boil and peel the salsify, then mash. Add one beaten egg and some Melba tozst crumbs. Form into flat cakes and brown in the oven. Moth Oyster Soup. Parboil, pee) and slice some salsify roots. Add an equal amount of canned corn and some finely chopped celery. Put in a pan with equal parts of milk and water. Add two tablespoons of but- ter. Simmer very slowly until the celery is tender. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Constriction of Esophagus Question: K. L. writes: “Every time I swallow a large particle of food my throat seems to close up and I have difficulty in swallowing for a long time. What do you think could cause this?” Answer: You probably have a stricture of the esophagus. This may be caused by a nervous disorder, by tumors, or by toxic irritation. Some- times the lining of the esophagus is very sensative, especially if it is in- flamed, and any rough or large par- ticle of food might cause it to become constricted. Only a careful examina- tion would reveal what is the exact cause in your case. Seeds in Appendix Question: R. M. writes: “I am fond of swallowing the seeds of rai- sins, grapes and figs. Somebody told, me this would cause appendicitis. Do you think it is likely to?” Answer: Seeds are very rarely found in inflamed appendices. Ap- Pendicitis usually results from an ine flammation which spreads from the colon. Sometimes large quantities of gas and a sluggishness of the color. may permit small hardened particles of fecal matter to be forced into the appendix. These sometimes resemble seeds in appearance. Red Tongue Question: Mrs. R. L. K. writes: “My tongue is a bright red color, and my stomach seems to be continually upset. Almost everything I eat causes ‘| pan. I always thought that when the stomach was upset the tongue let coated. Why isn’t this true with me?” Answer: Sometimes people who have stomach ulcers have very red tongues. I would advise you to have an X-ray examination of the stom- ach, and if you find you have stom- ach ulcers you should use a milk diet. (Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1 BARBS. | —_ + A woman was elected mayor of a Missouri town and refused to take the oath. Perhaps it is because she had taken so many from her hus- band. x * “There's no such thing as complete silence,” declares a scientist. Then we should like to know what it is that follows the request of a loan from a Scotchman. * * * * Now that the Senate has passed a bill aut reimbursement of $764,143 spent by New York City on troops sent to defend Washington in the Civil War, you may expect Eng- land to sue the City of Boston for tea dumped into the harbor after a cele- brated party. ** * Add victims of this machine age: the three Chicago bandits who, when confronted by. the evidence of a “lie detector,” confessed their crimes. ** & The fellow who refuses to take the risk of flying in an airplane is usualy the kind who drives his car 65 miles an hour and thinks nothing of it. (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Inc.) ‘THREE NATIONS MATCH WITS FOR LEAD IN TIRE TRADE Washington, May 1.—(P)—A tri- cornered battle for leadership in au- tomobile tire trade is being waged by the United States, Canada and France. The United States has mantained the supremacy it took in 1927 from with the United Kingdom, Italy, Bel- gium,. Germany and Japan, supply the bulk of the tire consumption of the world. 1929, according to the department of commerce, smounted to 2,979,438 the largest number shipped by any country at any time in the industry. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: Exports of the United States in ——— fa.