The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 12, 1930, Page 5

The Bismarck Tribune ‘THD STATE'S OLDE) NEWSPAPER (Established 1878) Published by the Sismarck Tribune Company, Bis- Marck, N D., and entered at the postoffice at Biemarce as second class mai) matter. | George D. Mann .. coves President and Publisher — Daily by mail, per year (ip Daily by mail, per year, (in state, outaide Bismarck) ...... Daily by mail. outside of North Dakota .. Weekly by mail, in state. per year .. Weekly by mall, in state, three years ‘Weekly by mail. outside of North Dakota, y seteeees Wwe by mail in Canada. per year Member Audit Rureao of Circtlation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press 1s exclusively entitied to the use for republication of al! news dispatches credited to It or P not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein All rights of republication of al) other matter herelo are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) tt Foreign Representatives el 6MALL. SPENCER & LEVINGS lis (Incorporated) tr Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. P CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON tt rE te Let Hoover Visit Bad Lands B When President Hoover comes West in August to spend his vacation in the nation’s playgrounds of Glacier, Yél- Jowstone and Estes parks as wéll as other national re- sorts in between these, why not also visit North Dakota's Bad Lands? Let the Association of Commerce get busy and suggest such a visit. The president should bé able to arrange his plans so as to include this. The historic association of the Bad Lands and the region bordering on them should appeal to the chief executive. ‘The Bad Lands are one of the uniqué areas of the world. They constitute, also, tangible date illuminating American problems in the line of conservation, reclama- tion, forestation, national park creation, therefore recrea- tion. Around Medora they also are peculiarly historic in a romantic sense, from the associations of Theodore Roose- ‘\_ velt and the Marquis de Mores. Memories of the remark~ able personality and life of Colonel Roosevelt alone make a visit to the Bad Lands country worth-while. ! A night spent in the de Mores chateau by the president j should be an experience appealing to the imagination. * A president can not get along without an imagination. 1 Contact with the memories of the 60's such As the presi- } dent would experience amid the scenes where the ro- Hy mantic Frenchman dreamed of founding another pack- « ing metropolis amid the herds of cattle which it seemed ' to him were needlessly transported east for slaughter } should help the president to a better grasp of what the ,; West has meant and still means to the nation. It would « sharpen his appreciation of this section of the West. By all means see that President Hoover gets an invi- i tation to stop over in North Dakota and spend a night at the de Mores chateau. Governor Shafer, who has had two breakfasts at the white house, should see that Mr. Hoover now gets « breakfast in North Dakota in return. ‘The service clubs also might take a hand in this matter. Hobos Yield to Lure of Vienna As if Vienna did not already have trouble enough of ; its own, the International Vagabsid congress has picked . out the Teutonic Paris of central Europe for ite annual international convention, Soon streams of hobos will be scen wending their way } eastward on the Northern Pacific right of way, {f not on | the freight trains passing through here, and in clattering ‘ tin Lizaies. They will be the delegations going to attend ; this novel convention. For Vienna has a mighty appeal , for people of leisure. ‘ There is a sturdy quality about ite beer, it is famous for » its blonde, blue-eyed women and it is the home of the ; Blue Danube welts. In Vienna the atmosphere always is genial, frivolity is the native virtue and there arc + 10,000 cafes where one will be graciously served free with 1 a glass of water if the price of a stein or a schoppen is } lacking. « This faculty for bohemian hospitality knows no par- tiality. There is in it the soul of equality. Already the in police have assured the bums that they are welcome and T@ that they can stretch their legs at ease in the Prater be while the convention lasts. The Prater is the biggest municipal park in Europe. Bismarck will not be represented. This is a land where folks are too busy to go bumming. When people own farms, and homes and radios and cars, Coxey’s armies do not thrive. Even last year the inroads of these evi- dences of the prosperous life cut down the attendance at Duesseldorf. It is said most of the hobos who came to keep alive memories of other days were holders of fat bourgeois jobs and had wives and children and no long- er were hitch-hiking the highways or riding the brake- beams. The meeting, however, will derive some distinction from the presence of a number of literary hobos, both trom this country and from the countries of Europe. The Bane of Red Tape Rules and regulations are makeshifts for geod and ready judgment. Modern life being complicated as it 4s requires this form of organization to keep within its orbits. We guide our actions by rules, formulas, prece- dents and laws. The question often rises as to when regu- lation should fade out and when and how judgment should be substituted. For rules are made to be broken as well as obeyed. Just as absence of regulation in the daily activities of life, in corporations and in government ‘would lead to endless confusion until every public con- cern would become a madhouse affair, so also does non- Red EERE -SABEER BSESRERASS. SHRERR = ay aD ki) exercise of judgment at times become a tragedy. .; tape requires cutting when it snarls and tangles. ‘The other day a Cleveland youngster set out to hop a ride on a railroad freight train. Climbing up on a mov- ing box car, he slipped and fell to the track. One leg was badly mangled. ‘The accident took place in a suburb on the extreme eastern edge of the city. The train crew picked the in- jured lad up and took him to the nearest hospital. At this hospital there was a physician in the employ of the railroad. He gave the boy first aid measures; then, when he learned that the patient was penniless, was not employed by the railroad and was injured when stealing It th of 85 .HBRS S85 a him. Instead he ordered that the boy be transferred to em the city hospital. PO 4% took the hospital staff 15 minutes to make out the ‘ necessary papers. Then followed « 15-mile drive to the sm city hospital, far on the other side of town. The police qu patrol wagon that carried the injured boy passed three 40¢ other hospitals on the way, but they had their orders to & go to the city hospital and to the city hospital they went, ag teaching it after a 45-minute drive. r€i Doctors there found the boy's leg needed amputation, “and performed the operation. But the lad had been Sn weakened by the delay and the long ride, and after ‘tor lingering for two days he died. 2@ His life was sacrificed to the extensive combination of ules, regulations and red tape that binds our lives in this modern age. . The doctor at the first hospital hed the rules with him in refusing to perform the operation the boy needed. The police had the rules with them when they passed up three hospitals to get to the city institution. All the way through, everything was don¢ according to regulation. But, unfortunately, the boy died. ‘ The tragedy of the whole thing, you ste, lay in the fact that not one of the men involved Could rise above a set of rules to save a human life. The bonds of red tape were too strong. ‘That, probably, is one of the penalties we pay for liv- ing in a world so complicated that it has to have a thou- sand and one rulés and regulations for its own preserva- tion. Wanted: A Rattler Page Russell Reid and Clell Gannon, two rising young faturalists of North Dakota, They have gathered oiuch data and many pictures for the edification of their fel- low Dakotans on the fauna and flora of the state, but they néed @ prodding now, for they have a big opportun- ity to serve native curiosity again. Everybody wants to know whether a bullenake can kill a rattler and whether, in fact, that is their mission in the design of nature. The bullsnake is in captivity. All that is needed is to Provide a rattler for trying out the tradition on Sinbad, whose training quarters are down on Main avenue, where he works out somewhat like @ pugilist but on sewer rats as sparring partners. Won't somebody go out and capture a rattlesnake for the battle? ‘Two rising naturalists, for instance. No Time to Fire the Warden It is possible that his record as warden of the Ohio penitentiaty calls for the dismissal of Warden P. BE. Thomas. Some Conflicting stories have been presented, but for all we ktiow it may be perfectly true that the man has outlived his usefulnesé there. But thore is no question that the Ohio authorities are entirely justified in refusing to suspend him now on the demand of the convicts. To do so would be to destroy discipline in the prison and admit that the state is pow- erless to restore order in its antiquated bastile. ‘The matter of Warden Thomas’ fitness for his job can be decided later. Just now the state's foremost job is to make its convicts understand that they have to submit to rules imposed on them by the authorities. To give in would only bé to invite very serious trouble. 2 Something Accomplished It may be a trifle carly to appraise completely the work done at the naval conference in London. Nevertheless, it becomes evident that the whole thing was well worth Going, even though the high hopes entertained when it opened may not have been altogether fulfilled. As Becretary Stimson says, “the habit of mutual agree- a ride on a train, he refused to do anything more for | Procedure. ment has received one more successfub precedent. The principle of limitation is strengthened by its successful practice.” ‘The treaty may not be all that we had desired. Nev- ertheless, the conference was not held in vain. Compe- tition in armaments received a real check; and that, aft- er all, was the real purpose of the conference. Another Fire Menace Cigaret butts and cigar stubs are discarded at the rate of 170,000 a minute in the United States, says the De- partment of Agriculture. Tests have shown that @ fire can be started from these “discards” with a wind of only three or four miles an hour. Here is a possible fire menace that should be watched carefully. With forest fires raging in several sections of the East and the season for them in the west not far off, the need for care in heavily wooded sections is obvious, but it is also true that caution is necessary in the home, office and city buildings. Editorial Comment q The King as a Symbol (Minneapolis Journal) <When King George V. observed, the other day, the twenticth anniversary of his accession to the throne of Qpeat Britain, Ireland and the Dominions Beyond the Gees, London newspapers commented on his devotion to duty, his self effacement and tact, and his punctilious observance of his functions as a constitutional monarch. The Laborite Herald added that the monarchy is even more strongly enthroned in public esteem than when he succeeded to its crown and scepter. He is just @ symbol, this king—a somewhat pusziing symbol to many Americans but a mighty one to his loyal subjects. When the British press extol his devotion to duty, they mean his duty to represent British power and glory, British steadfastness, British ideals and standards. For that ts practically all there is for King George to do. Just as the British constitution is unwritten, so, also, is that for which the king stands an envisionment of the mind, at once tangible and intangible. He is unwrit- ten and invisible, if we may strain @ metaphor, and then again, he is the visible embodiment of British pride and British sovereignty. ‘He is the center and core of respect for constituted authority, in other words. And this is something rather beyond any possession of the American people. We respect our preBident, and we ought to and mostly do revere our constitution, in our American way. But the President is a man instead of an office, since he has large duties and responsibilities that are actively of government, rather thgn passively of symbolism. And our constitution is a written document, explicit, in a sense, where the British charter is implicit. We are not ingrained with respect, nor habituated by precedent. And sometimes it seems that we need some such symbol as is a part of the British scheme of things—not a throne, a crown, & scepter; not a monarch, in any sense of the word, or anything else than a republic of our own jealous maintenance. But if we had a sign and symbol, apart from our workday governance, might we not cherish that deeper reverence for law and order which we sometimes appear to lack? We would not ex- change our government for that of any other people. But do we honor its essence as we might? Pay the Southern Bonds (Chicago Tribune) Though the legal obligations of the United States do not include payment of the defaulted southern bonds, there are other reasons no less urgent for America’s @ssumption of this indebtedness. The bonds here referred to were valid debts before the civil war began and, though the buyers, many of them from humble homes in Eng- land, had a just grievance, several of the southern states protected their default by legal measures of re- pudiation. The eight defaulting states, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missiasippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina, have defaulted debts of some $400,000,000, and of these bonds a good part are held in England. So far as the flotation or the default of southern bonds is not involved in the rebellion, aided by Great Britain, from 1861 to 1865, the United States should take measures for their payment. A deduction from the British war debt to America, so Great Britain in turn can pay the bondholders, would be the obvious th the United States cannot legally be held for debts which she had no part in making, she protects the debtors, on the other hand, by the eleventh amendment: to the constitution from even an application to the su- preme court of the United States for redress by an en- forceable judgment. By a kind of internal Monroe Doctrine the United States tells lenders to the states that they must take their own risks. But the fact remains that in the name of good feeling, lf not in law, this country should give help. In Mississippi, for example, bonds were floated largely in England, according to Lord Redesdale in the British house of lords, amounting to $7,000,000 between the years of 1831 and 1838, for banks, docks, railways, and canals. In 1841 Mississippi defaulted on both loans. Before 1853 the state repudiated both loans on the ground that the investments had proved unremunerative. Clearly the civil war had nothing to do with these loans and their repudiations. Clearly the matter is, as Theodore Roosevelt said, a “shameful, and painful record.” ‘The southern bonds should be studied by congress with & view toward early and fair repayment. . THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1930 ee | Today Is the | Anniversary of | FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE On May 12, 1820, Florénce Night- ingalé, an English hospital superin- tendent, called the “founder of mod- ern nursing,” was born in the city in Italy from which she got her name. Her childhood was spent in Sta: te Husban © 1950 bY NEA BEGIN HERE TODAY Later, he cont ty, PHILLIPA ways been scot! etic. NOW GO ON WITH THE sToRY CHAPTER V PHItiira was a bit surprised. Alan’s tone was so far from be- ing casual, that there was no mis- taking that he was going to be serious about something. But chil- dren! Of course, Phillipa knew he hadn’t any. What could he be lead. ing up to? She decided not to com- mit herself until she knew. “Do you want to consult an au- thority on children?” she evaded. “I certainly do,” Alan informed her heartily. “I'd like to find out what kind of toys @ little shaver four years old would like most.” “Oh,” Phillipa said softly, and took her cue. He was interested in some child. “I think that ought to be easy to decide, Mr. Converse,” she added brightly. “Just go to a toy stove and pick out the things you like most.” Alan was puzzled. “But you know T've never played with a.kid,” he explained. Phillipa’s eyes held a soft light for him as she answered. “You'll get the right things just the same,” she said gently. “I've noticed that fathers enjoy the toys as much as the children do.” “Wel that’s the case,” Alan re- piled, not taking her remark unto bis sex alone, “we're all big kids. Any of us can buy toys. That’ what I want to ask you; would you go out and select a few for me, please?” “Ob, byt I coulda’t,” Phillipa ob- Jected quickly. “You see, when a woman goes, always takes the child along. I’ve seen them in the toy departments at Christmas time st heid out for the front with 38 nurses fordshire, England, where she took an|where she organized nursing depart- early interest in the condition of hos- pitals. As her parents were wealthy, she traveled extensively on the con- tinent and studied at various hos- jments. Although she found disease, jfilth and chaos behind the lines, she succeeded, by her untiring energy and jextraordinary ability, in alleviating pitals. She resolved, on returning, to|the suffering of the sick and wound- elevate nursing into a permanent and honorable occupation for women. In 1883 she became superintendent of a hospital for governesses in Lon- orders from various don, but left it a year later at the outbreak of the Crimean War. She - SERVICE INC. mused on the situation. idea himself. “Suppose we go to-! gether?” he suggested. “You know the stores, and I haven't been near a toy department since I was a kid.” Phillipa delighted. It was just what she was hoping for. “This afternoon?” she proposed. “We've a lot of work to do this morning.” “Fine,” Alan agreed. “Let's pitch into it.” He did not think of the shopping | expedition again until Phillipa re- minded him of it about three o'clock. His pleasant anticipation had been lost in the mountain of business that always was towering over bim. But he became enthusiastic again 8 soon as he found himself sur rounded with wagons and trains, drums and blocks and sleds, and all in things any boy dreams of own: ing. He wanted to buy everything in sight. Phillipa indyced him to be content with the purchase of 8 huge woolly camel upon which Bobby and... (ebe had dug successfully for the “What were you doing theret”| “little shaver's” name) could ride. Alan teased. Phillipa appeared reluctant to answer, then: “Oh,I... I geta few things occasionally for the ¢hil- dren next door,” she said. The word generous flashed through Alan’s mind—as Phillipa had hoped it would—but he only sald: “Then you're a qualified buyer.” eee HILLIPA shook her head. “These are girls,” she sald. “I'm sure & mother always consults a boy's father about such things,” she | real went on hastily. “Really, you'd bet- ter go yourself, Mr. Converse. You'd enjoy it, too, I'm sure you would.” Suddenly Alan rather liked the “You'll be going to see him again,” she remarked, as though there could be no question about it. Alan did not answer, Neither did ist upon buying more toys at the time. “It's much nicer to take them something new each visit,” Phillipa went on instructively. “Children are dear, aren't they?” she added, with a sigh. At the moment she was standing before a row of dolls, looking long- ingly at one that was so cuddly i med about to coo, Alan's glance followed hers. “Don’t think that would do for a {boy,” he vetoed. | Phillipa laughed. “Silly,” she eaid; “I was just thinking.” Herl dg ed. The death rate fell from 42 to 22 per 1,000. After the war she received many governments, and was the first woman upon whom the Order of Merit was conferred. She died in 1910 at the age of 91 That night, sitting with her chin cupped in her hand, Phillipa voice trailed away wistfully, and her eyes held a far off, dreamy ex- pression. Absent-mindedly, she took his arm, seemed to cling to him. Alan thought, as they moved to- ward the elevator, that Phillipa was sweetly feminine. He wondered if Natalie had ever been in @ toy department. “For all she knows about kids, she'd probably buy a doll buggy for Bobby,” he surmised. Then he re membered that he'd yet to tell ber about the possibility that Bobby might some day be under his guardianship. The prospect did not appeal to him. cee GCEJANG it all, why didn’t I tell her the other morning and have it over with?” he reproached himeelf, thinking of the morning after he had been called to Berna- dine’s house. He could see his courage was slipping and still Nata- lie wasn't told, Suddenly the thought came to him that it might be asking too tauch of her. Perheps any woman. . « » He turned to Phillipa with a very serious expression when they got off the elevator and made their way toward the street door. “What would you do, Miss West, if you found yourself obliged to adopt a child?” he asked her. Phillipa was startled, but not off her guard. “I'd rather,” she said instantly, “have one of my own.” Now it was Alan who was star- tled, But he, too, found words quickly. “I'm sure you would,” he agreed unquestioningly; “but just suppose you had to take this other child— suppose it was a solemn duty.” “Then I'd love it, of course,” Phillipa declared. Alan felt grateful to her. She BY BRCCOY Bits NC. COV NEAL A BETTER TREATMENT FOR APPENDICITIS Pendicitis. thing. If operations were an infallible cure complications, there might be some excuse for rushing thesé cases to the hospital. But Operations are not in- fallible, and complications frequently ensue, even when the patient recovers. ‘There are no doubt many cases where the patient feels vastly more im- proved following an operation, but equally good results can usually be obtained without the operation if the Tight treatment is used. Almost every day the newspapers record operations upon prominent people and occasionally they report that death occurred. Sometimes one hears that a later operation was necessary to remove the adhesions that resulted from the first. There are many other cases of less promi- nent people of which no account is given. It is considered almost sure fatality if the appendix has burst before the operation. On the other hand, I have seen a number of cases where the appendix had apparently burst and a complete recovery occurred without an operation when the correct treat- ment was used. You will undoubted- ly be interested in knowing of the treatment used in these cases, and I will explain it in tomorrow's article, but first let us understand some of the causes leading up to a case of ap- pendicitis. ‘The appendix is & worm - shaped hollow organ located near the pottom Hunter— RUTH DEWEY GROVES laiways rolled his clouds away. But even with the encouragement Phillipa’s words had given him, he was not able to bring himself to the point of telling Natalie what he had promised Bernadine. He put it joff, from day to day. After all, he told himself, the possible fulfillment of the promise seemed growing More remote each day. Bernadine | Was steadily improving. |. He saw her almost dally. Within |two weeks’ time he had fallen into the habit of dropping in at her house on his way home, for a few minutes’ chat with Bobby. Usually Bernadine was at home, getting ready to go to the club, |seeing to Bobby’s supper, telling him a bedtime story, trying to down her wish to stay at home with him. Alan did not linger with them. Natalie had been rather decent to him lately, and he did not want to disturb the unaccustomed harmony in their home. Her jealousy of Bernadine seemed to have subsided. No doubt because Alan was with her every evening, and not too suspiciously willing to agree to any arrangements she made for their amusement. pump Deriod of peace lasted until it came to Phillipa’s no- tice. The secretary opened the door to Alan's private office unexpectedly one day, and saw him kissing bis wife. She learned he had just given | Natalie a star sapphire ring. That night, sitting with her chin cupped in her hands, Phillipa mused on the situation, She concluded that she'd spent too much time on Alan to give him up. Corrected—to give up the ground she'd gained. Natalie had had her chance. She’d invited com- petition by giving another woman an opening. Now, she decided, it would be fight to the last ditch. She didn’t believe that Natalie had buried the only weapon that could be used against her—her jealousy. Astutely she reasoned that Alan’s wife didn’t know about the gifts that went to the Lamont , home. While she was wondering what to \do about it, and growing more con- jvinced that she must do something soon, a letter came to the office from Bernadine. She had taken Bobby to Atlantic City—for a vacation, she wrote. But the truth was she wanted to break up Alan’s visits to her house, if she could. Maids’ gossip. Nellie brought it to her ears as something other than idle comment. Mrs. Converse’s maid said that her mistress was terribly Jealous of her husband. Here Nellie Tepeated a few instances of Ni lie’s conduct that her servant had used to illustrate her story. Bernadine became alarmed. She'd had experience with jealous wives. Suppose this one should take {t into her head to object to Alan's tnno- cent visits to Bobby. . . . That was enough for Bernadine. She de- cided to do something to atoid jeopardizing Bobby’s chances of be- coming Alan‘’s ward in the that she . . . here she bro! Nne of thought. Now that s! settled that for Bobby, she never allowed herself to dwell upon it. Phillipa read the letter. She saw, with satisfaction, that it contained ammunition for her, She reread the letter, smiled over {t, and put it away. Natalle was coming to the of that afternoon, Phillipa knew, because she'd writ- ten out @ generous check for her, which Alan had signed. Well, there'd be something for her besides the check. (To Be Continued) Dp eer ENCLOSE STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVEK Doctors who are unacquainted with | the natural methods of treatment, such as fasting and hydrotherapy, are usually of the opinion that an opera- tion is the only treatment for ap-/| This is not the case, how- ever, as I have personally directed the care of several hundred cases of this dreaded disease without having Mine uta Ro St ene Hine or slowing up from constipation, without the danger of post-operative SEAWCE 60S ANOELES- CAL. of the ascendingcoion at a point rrom which’ the bowel contents must be pushed upward. If there is any pack- Dr. McCoy will gladly answer personal questions on health and diet addressed to tim, cate of The Tribune. Enclose @ stamped addressed snvalope fer reply. jor if there is an excessive putrefac- tion, an inflammation of the colon is likely to ensue. This occurs most fre- quently in the ascending colon be- cause of the extra pressure of grav- jity which is made worse by a sharp kink at the top end of the ascending colon when it. makes a downward curve to form the transverse colon. For this reason the appendix comes in for its share of inflammation that 80 frequently occurs in this region. Sometimes the small opening of the appendix may be completely closed by jthe spread of this inflammation, or it may be blocked by small pieces of hardened fecal matter which have been forced into its entrance. When not inflamed the appendix usually succeeds in forcing these patticles back into the colon. The symptoms of appendicitis are fairly constant. First, there is usual- ly @ sharp or colicky pain through the right side. It may begin wh the stomach or be diffused over the abdomen, but toward the end it settles |down somewhere near the right iliac jfossa. The next symptoms is that the patient is nauseated and may be- jgin to vomit. Constipation ensues, jthe musclesof the lower right side are \Tigid, and the patient usually raises ithe right leg to ease the pressure. | The patient has a fever, usually mod- jerate at first. Upon pressure there is a tenderness and soreness :n the | side, and the blood shows an increase in the number of white corpuscles. |Most of the patients have an attack of the acute catarrhal type which |may be mild and often heals spon- | taneously within @ week or two. After |several of these attacks there’ is a {danger that future attacks will be {accompanied by the formation of pus |and a real abscess may form in the |appendix which if not treated cor- rectly sometimes results in a perfor- jation into the abdominal cavity and | finally the development of peritonitis. | (Continued in tomorrow's article) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Rash on Face Question: Mrs, M. E. asks: “Will | you kindly tell me what is the matter |with me? I have a rash on my face | Which burns and itches slightly. Does |not go farther than face and neck. {Is it caused from the nerves? What {can I do for it? Have had it before, {but not so bad.” Answer: I could not determine ex- jactly the cause of the rash without examining you. Most rashes of this type will clear up on an acid fruit or | orange juice fast, and I would advise |You to try this. If it does not clear |up within a weck’s time have a thor- ough examination and send me your Goctor's report so that I may advise you more definitely. Rhubarb Greens |. Question: K. M. writes: “I would like to know if the leafage of rhubarb is edible as a green vegetable.” Answer: The leaf of the rhubarb jShould not be used, as it contains an jexcéss amount of oxalic acid, and |many cases of poisoning have been |noted using the leaves of rhubarb as |greens. | Sleeping Alone | Question: H. C. B. writes: “Please give me your opinion on a one-time ;Seneral impression that a slender per- son sleeping in the same bed with an |extremely healthy person would be- |come thinner. Is this a superstition, jor is it founded on scientific merit?” | Answer: The impression that a |slender Person sleeping in the same |bed with an extremely healthy per- json, would become thinner, is merely superstition. However, it is always a better policy to sleep alone if pos- sible, as one obtains a better rest. (Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) | | BARBS + ——____LL | An Austrian barber broke the | World's shaving record by shaving jhimself in 43 seconds. What you | might call a hair-raising event. | xk ® | An Towa attorney wrote that “wom- strand eircaaet at a com- pliment might have beei ‘3 | Prohibition lag BS * * * A report from the public library in |Elizabeth, N. J., says that reading has increased in proportion to idle- ness. With 500 new books just re- ceret. an the white house, President loover in a rather embai seal rrassing (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Inc.) FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: “Everything comes to those | pull everything but the right num- =i G who eS oe , . <7 a tie a] T wit sh