The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1930, Page 4

arenes tomate omens Ps THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1980 The Bismarck Tribure An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) JESSE EE ves Ce SR Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marek, N. D., and entered at the postoffice «t Bismarck ‘as second class mai] matter. George D. Mann ...............-President and Publisher ae inne ; Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily yy mail per year (ic Bismarck) mail per year bres Arty outside Bismarck) ...... Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail, in state, per year .. 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CHICAGO {NEW YORK BOSTON Drouth Largely Livestock Calamity Science can do nothing about the present international drouth, but as far as it concerns this country and its prosperity, President Hoover has shown a wise and com- mendable readiness to deal with it as a calamity calling for government relief in some form. ‘The president is in the midst of it, The drouth is not confined to the Northwest this time, as that of 1919 was, but it extends all over the East as well, Florida alone ex- cepted from its fell effect on crops. A dawning con- sciousness of its unprecedented extent has caused the white house to speed up the initial steps taken to deal with the situation. From a study of it through county agent reports from all over the country, the president has decided to enlist the cooperation of the states and for that reason the chief executives of 12 commonwealths will meet.with him Thursday to consider what relief steps are best suited to deal with the combination of heat and dryness which have shrunk crops and reduced feed in the livestock country to calamity. Tt is the livestock situation that is the worst feature of the drouth. There will be enough human food to go around, but not enough to enable the cattle and sheep men to keep their herds together. ‘That threatens a vast turn-off of stock this fall, which in turm will demoralize prices and, then, when another year may bring adequate pasturage and hay and corn, the whole industry will be demoralized by shattered herds. That was what hap- pened in Montana in 1919. ‘The livestock men there were years in rebuilding their reduced herds. Likewise in the Southwest. The whole industry was disorganized. This Wg the feature to which the president expects to give chief attention. The situation calls for two forms of relief, one assistance in enabling the livestock men to carry over the stock, another in the form of reduced emergency freight rates for such stock as has to be rushed to market. ‘The situation affects the Eastern feeders of cattle, who buy in the primary markets of the midwest and west, then fatten the stock on Eastern pasturage, hay and corn. ‘Thus it is that, in the governors’ conference which has deen called, the chief executives of such stafes aS Ohio, ‘West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas will sit with those of Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Illi- nois, Kansas and Iowa. ‘The gravity of the situation may be gathered from the preliminary report to the president by Secretary Hyde, of the Agricultural department, showing that in the area af- fected there reside 1,000,000 farm families possessing ap- proximately 2,250,000 horses and mules, 6,000,000 cattle and 12,000,000 hogs and sheep, or about 12 per cent of the nation’s farm animals. Individual farmers were said to be affected differently and the actual number in dis- tress, therefore, would be much less than these gross figures. Times Change, Humans Don’t Every so often we find a news story in which a wom- an’s revenge is given as the reason for a man’s death. In a certain midwestern state, so the newest story of love and conflict goes, a girl's wish for revenge is now being blamed for the death of two men. The natural reaction to true murder yarns is a re- flection as to how much worse Eve's daughters are today than they used to be. -If we would reflect carefully we would realize that they aren’t the least bit more responsible for death and tragedy than their predecessors. There was Helen of Troy, for instance. Her elopement with Paris, the son of King Priam, sent the whole of the Spartan navy over to Troy to get her back. Before the war ended several oth- er countries brought their boats close to the shore and Joined in the battle. Before Helen finally was recovered @ good many thousands of men were killed. Not only mythology, but history as well, is filled with cases in which a woman's wiles upset nations and brought death to many. The world is very much better today than it used to be. ‘This is seen in the very action of the public conscience which condemns a woman today for the same deeds for which it lauded her in song and story when she commit- ted them a thousand, or even one or two hundred years ago. Texas Has to Meet a Threat ‘The ominous specter which the recent primary cast ‘over Texas, when Fergusonism rolled up the largest vote among the gubernatorial candidates, may just be a polit- ical miasma. As the situation is analyzed, political opinion lays to the proposal of a $350,000,000 bond issue for good roads the lead obtained by that masquerade for Jim Ferguson —“Ma” Ferguson—over Ross Sterling, who seemed to be the strong aspirant of the pre-primary campaign. Sterl- ing, highway commissioner under Governor Dan Moody, was the father of the highway proposal. It scared the voters, apparently; anyhow Sterling ran behind the form- er woman governor who administered Texas as catspaw for a husband who had been impeached, disfranchised by the legislature, and thus barred from seeking return to the office personally. The primary having been inconclusive, there will be a run-off August 23. Texas then will have a chance to re- deem itself. The threat of the Ferguson family again in Power at Austin has evoked a lot of admonishing editor- jal and public comment, and this time the issue will not be the bond question so much as Fergusonism. A good deal depends on what cause Governor Moody ‘will espouse—that of Sterling or Clint C. Small, the oth- er run-off candidates to be voted on along with “Ma” Ferguson. The newspapers are divided in’ their support of the two men candidates. The San Antonio Express favors the nomination of Sterling, the Fort Worth Rec- ord-Telegram supports Small. ‘The run-off Will be “a contest in which good govern- ment will be pitted against Fergusonism, and Texas un- derstands Fergusonism too well to be in doubt as to the outcome,” in the judgment of the Texarkana Gazette. A succession of queries from the Houston Chronicle Yolces its sentiments as to the final contest: “Can Texas afford another Ferguson administration? Can we afford two years of strife that it is sure to bring? * * * It is not just something that we might as well try.. There is no experiment about it. We have tried it three times. We know what it is. In all kindness to everybody, can Texas afford to go back to it?” “Texas cannot afford to, it must not, again take on Fergusonism in its state government,” declares the San Antonio Express. “The cost is too heavy, too stiff; every thinking citizen should count it prohibitively high. * * * The primary fact to be considered and acted upon is that Texas’ irterests—the common interest—must be served. The state must be saved from further discredit and sharp reproach—saved by Mr. Sterling’s nomination on August 23.” Why Argue? A light truck driver in a mid-western city stopped as was required before crossing a main street. Directly be- hind him came a passenger car, whose driver thought he could squeeze through to the truck's right, preparatory to making a right turn. In doing so, however, the passenger’s bumper tore off the rear right fender of the light truck. Both drivers, as is the American custom, got out to argue, the passenger car motorist explaining to the other that, since his car wasn’t insured and the truck was, it might not be amiss for the truck driver to assume all the blame and let by- gones be bygones. That, too, seems to be a quaint American custom. How- ever, the truck driver was obdurate. He didn’t want to imperil his job for the sake of a stranger, especially since the cost of replacing the fender wouldn’t be so much. An argument ensued, of course, but the end was tragic. The Passenger car driver turned out to be an amateur boxer, and he gave the truck driver such a sound beating that the unfortunate victim is said to be permanently dis- abled. All of which may not, from first glance, seem so very significant to us far from the scene. But it reflects an important lesson, anyway. Gentlemanly discussion ef an unfortunate accident, no matter how trivial or how severe, will get you much farther than any temperamen- tal outburst. And if the other fellow refuses to meet you on that level, it is wisest to make note of license numbers and witnesses and retreat quickly on the Falstaffian princi- ple that— “The better part of valor is discretion.” Hard to Get Excited Somehow it is a bit hard to get excited about this 156-year-old Turk who is now visiting this country. In the first place, one may be pardoned for being a trifle skeptical about those 156 years of his. A doctor recently pointed out that extreme old-age records are generally claimed by illiterate peasants—by people, that is, who would not have any written records to substan- tiate their claims. In the second place, one is inclined to ask, “Well, what of it?” The gentleman may have lived every minute of his 156 years; but why get excited about it? It is safe to assume that in all his century and a half of life he has not done a tenth as much genuine living as an in- tense, active young American like—for example—Charles A. Lindbergh. During his campaign, a candidate in Arkansas gave out sandwiches which poisoned 60 persons, The guess is they were filled with boloney. | Editorial Comment | , The Reduction in Freight Rates (Minneapolis Tribune) Court action instituted by the railroads halts, for the time being, the operation of the order of the Interstate Commerce commission for a reducion in grain freight rates estimated at $15,000,000 annually and heralded as highly beneficial to Northwest farming interests. Because there is a community of interest between the Northwest's transportation systems and its chief pro- ducing group the outcome of the pending litigation will be awaited with interest, since tt goes to the.question of whether the fami rcay has authority to regulate and distribute the intry’s prosperity and economic welfare through the medium of freight rates. The argument begins with the commission in a some- what inconsistent position. It is on record as having arbitrarily fixed for jts own purposes, a rate of 5% per cent as a fair return’ for the investment in railroads. In the meantime the figures for 1929 show that the net return of the carriers upon the basis set down by the commission was 4.95 per cent. Its current order proposes @ further reduction in the face of this fact. However that may be accounted for, the fact is outstanding that in this situation there is the material for litigation that will be protracted to the point where the commission's order will be of little benefit, whether wisely or unwisely conditioned, in the present year. e In this connection it is also interesting to know that the bureau of railway economics has just announced the result of a study made of the efforts last year of eastern carriers to relieve the -wheat situation by cutting the freight rates to the seaboard voluntarily. Its action was taken at the request of the federal gov- ernment. The results shown by the study are generally negative. It shows that lower rates did not increase ex- Port trade, increase foreign buying, nor avert a decline in wheat prices, It did result in corresponding rate reduc- tions in Canada, increased import duties in France, Ger- many, Italy and Rumania and in counteracting meas- ures in other countries. The courts have an involved problem in technical rate- making before them, opening up a wide field for argu- ment and the introduction of supporting facts. That means delay. It means also some highly illuminating revelations regarding transportation costs. No interest affected will suffer by that. : With the wheat situation as it is, no one wants to see the farmer or grain shipper pay more than a just and reasonable charge for transportation. Court determina- tion of the issue of whether industry and agriculture shall be subsidized at the expense of the railroads will also be interesting. Here, to all purposes, is a “friendly” lawsuit with vast possibilities for increasing that better understanding which for some time has been growing up between the railroads and their farmer patrons, based upon the dis- Position of each to be fair to the other in determining nt important question from the point of view of mutual interest, Huston Tries to Play Martyr (Minneapolis Journal) Claudius H. Huston‘gives up the chairmanship of the Republican national committee in order to save his party from further embarrassment, But even as he lays aside the scepter, he reaches for the martyr’s crown. He insists that he is the victim of persecution, condemned on al- ready refuted charges. And by implication he reproaches the administration and other leaders for not standing by him, when under fire. The Tennesseean does not make such a good case. The charge that his financial activities were too closely in- terwoven with his political activities stands. That the senate'’s lobby committee could find nothing illegal in all this, does not clear him. The national chairman of @ great party, like the wife of Caesar, should be above suspicion. Forty years ago Matthew Quay helped shipwreck the Republican party, when, like Huston, he was accused of mixing politics with pecuniary gain while serving as national chairman. Quay refused to resign, even when importuned by his own friends to do so, And thatiwas one of the reasons why the Republicans lost the house ‘8 al and the senate and the white house two years ater. True, the accusations against Quay were graver than those against Huston. The Pennsylvania boss was charged, among other things, with profiting in the stock market by his inside knowledge of what was to be done at Washington. Thimblerigging was not listed in the of- fenses laid to Huston, even by his worst enemies. But the Huston resignation was in order, and should have come across with better grace.. There was no dis- loyality to Mr. Huston in the administration’s attitude. Rather was there disloyalty to the administration, when Mr. Huston got himself mixed up in what Amos and Andy would call a mess, and refused to resign, Plenty ‘Employment’ Guaranteed for This Party, Anyhow Today Is the Anniversary of eta sacks STEAM NAVIGATION On August 11, 1807, Robert Fulton won recognition as the first man to make steam navigation commercially successful when he sailed his steam- boat, The Clermont, up the Hudson river from New York to Albany, a journey of 150 miles. In the presence of thousands of astonished spectators, The Clermcnt started on its epochial trip,making an average speed of five miles an hour, which was considered a great achievement. It 32 hours to reach Albany. When Fulton first proposed the idea of steam navigation he met with rebuke on all sides. As he himself said: “When I was building my first steamer in New York the world was viewed by the public either with care- [tessness or contempt, as a useless| scheme, but they were shy. As I had occasion to pass daily to and from the building yard while my boat was in progress, I often loitered unknown near idle groups of strangers, and heard them scoff and sneer ang ridi- cule. ... My work was always spoken of as Fulton’s Folly.” Though he had great success in the construction of steamboats, various lawsuits in which he was engaged in reference to the use of some of his patents, prevented him from ever be- ‘coming wealthy. EI ocanc i BARBS i Qt That new plane which Colonel Lindbergh bought especially for his wife will be just the thing, of course, in which to take Charles, jr for an airing. e228 One of the enigmas of the pres2nt 1 chante generation is that in spite of the prevalence of soap box orators dirty Politics still persists. ‘ xe * ~A famous munitions factory in Europe has gone into the production of steel false teeth. It is understood they are going great gums. -* * Heywood Broun, columnist, who originated the “give a job” slogan, is now running for congress. If he’s elected he'll have occasion to practice what he has preached. -* ® No sooner is it announced that the Chinesé have increased their pearu’ acreage this year than along comes the report that they have shelled an American gunboat. * eK Now that the Navy has ordered talking picture equipment instatled on 200 ships, perhaps the famuus slogan will be changed to read: “Join the Navy—Admission Fifty Cents.” (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Inc.) Al questi ‘Write on one CATARRHAL DISEASES Catarrh, while often considered a local disease, is really of constitu- tional origin, and is caused by an acid formed from the waste products of fatty and carbohydrate foods. This acid is partly discharged through the mucous membranes and causes irri- tation of them so that they excrete a large amount of m@tus. Mucus is a normal lubricating dis- charge of the mucous membranes, and it is only the unusual quantity that is pathological, as any opening from within the body to the outside is lined with mucus membranes, and they are all liable to this. mucus inflammation. When the body suffers a condition of acidosis, the membranes become chronically engorged, and it only re- quires some acute irritation like an invasion of bacteria, dust, or, cold air to bring on an attack. It is not of very much importance where the catarrh is located, sirtce the treatment is to alkalinize the blood. If the trouble is located in the colon, bladder, nose , sinuses, or inner ear, the cure occurs just as soon as one has rid himself of surplus waste and supplied the needed alkaline food ele- ments. There are a number of diseases having a catarrhal foundation, such as hay fever, asthma, tuberculosis, mucous colitis, and sinusitis. In any of these it is important to avoid those food combinations which are most apt to result in a fermentation of food in the digestive tract, as this fermen- tation will produce some of the irri- tating acids that inflame the mucous membranes. I have prepared special articles on these diseases, and I will be glad to mail them to any who send their re- quest with a large self-addressed stamped envelope for a reply. The best way to rid the system of toxic material is to use a fruit fast for a few days. There is a method of alkalinizing the blood that has come into vogue recently which uses large quantities of bicarbonate of soda. As this is an alkaline, it makes the blood temporarily alkaline and will usually abort a cold. I never prescribe this important engagement, as on the stage, where a cold would be an im- pediment. While it alkalinizes the blood temporarily, it does not free the blood of the toxins which cause the catarrh in the first place, and it is possible that such a large amount of inorganic mineral may be harmful to the body. In all cases of catarrhal trouble or celds one will notice digestive dis- BEGIN HERE TODAY loves, ALAN STEYNE, atudy. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXIL cf knew him, concern out there.” “Will he stay out there for good?” Judy asked. “He may.” “We shall all be scattered.’ Judy murmured, and she. could not keep the bitter regret out of her voice. “Oh, Chummy, and once we were happy!” . “We shall be happy again,” her friend replied. “Judy, you ought to be happy, with your wonderful life before you.” “I am, in a way,” Judy answered; “but I want you to be happy, Chum- my. I want you and Alan—" “Please, Judy!” interrupted the other girl sharply. “I would much JUDITH GRANT, artist's model, inter, by CHUMMY ved Bteyme yenrs jest. her’ memory DON’T think Alan would ever be idle, Judy,” Chummy said, “He's always worked, ever since I I believe he's thinking of investing some money in an oll ORALT COPYRIGHT _1950 like old times. Do come, won't you, Chummy dear?” Her pleading face was trresist- ible. Chu 's beautiful low voice broke, as answered: “Of course I'll come, Judy dear.” eee N the day before the dance Bas- tien called at Judy's lodgings to ask her to dine with him. It was about five o'clock in the afternoon when he called. A young girl, the landlady’s daughter, opened the door, and told him that Miss Grant was out, He left a note that he had written in view of this eventuality. He had occasion to go round the corner to a tobacconist’s shop, and then. to a tailor’s, where he was having some clothes repaired. It was about eight minutes later, or thereabouts, when he passed Judy’s house again on his way back home. Just then the door opened ai Gideon’s bulky form came out. He was smiling to himself in a way that made Bastien see red. Judy had been at home, then, all the time! |. He followed the financier, and saw him enter his big car, which was waiting in a side street parallel with Judy’s lodgings. The next morning Bastien re- ceived a nice little note in Judy's sprawling hand. She could not dine with him, she said, as she had had another engagement, which she could not put off, but she would be waiting for him at her lodgings at nine o'clock. That day he happened to meet an old acquaintance—Guy Towers, a theatrical critic, who had lately made rather a hit with a first play, rather you didn’t talk about that.” And Judy, looking into the gold- en-brown eyes staring with a kind of dull anger, knew that she was in danger of losing her friend. Hard though she tried, Chummy could not feel the same toward her, now that she knew. She thought, per- haps, that Judy was playing a part. She might even imagine that Judy harped on this point in order to torture them both. So Judy had to be quiet, con- victed almost of impertinence by this friend whom she loved so dear- ly. She had an added feeling of: foolishness because, in her con- fusion of mind, she had tried to run Alan down by pretending that he was a loafer, and did no honest a clever social satire. On the strength of it Towers had a little spare cash. Dumont, too, was not so impecunious as of old; so the two of them decided to lunch at Romano's, At a table in the far corner sat Bruce Gideon with four other men, one of whom was Richard Wyon. Dumont sent many scowls in their direction, but did not say anything. It was his companion who men- tioned the financier’s name, eee 6@[THERE’S Bruce Gideon—do you know him? Enormously rich chap. He's just brought out this wonderful dancer, Judy Grant. Marvelous little person, 1 must say—and lucky!” work, She had not the brain to cope with such a situation. ‘That was one reason for avoiding Chummy,- Judy felt sure-that she would “put her foot in it,” as she expressed it, : But before they parted that day hey feelings overcame her, and she lookéd at her friend wistfully. “Chummy, Bastien has asked me to come to the dance at the Lemon Grove on Friday. Will you be there?” “I hadn't thought of going,” the elder girl said. “Ob, but you love dancing! And { shall be gone soon, and all the boys will be there, It.would seem “Why lucky?” asked Dumont, controlling his voice as best he could; ¥: oy “Judy. Grant was. lucky,” con- tinued Towers, “because sfie’s got Gideon to take her up. That's his ‘man of business, Dicky Wyon—the funny little fellow with a face like lan old woman.” “Do you mean the man who owns the Monopole?” asked Dumont care- lessly. : . “Well, he’s supposed to own It, but it’s a well-known fact that Gideon has more to do with it. He uses it jumping-off place for his pet girls. Of course, all of 'em NG 2 AY "STANTON and HEATH KE by CHELSEA HOUSE. JUDITH “What do you mean?” asked Du-|takably Judy, wearing her little HERE7‘TO YOUR HEALTH By Dr FRANK WCOY. AUTHOR , OF “THE Large, stamped, self addressed envelope aunt be enclosed. method unless the patient has some | he; mont in a very quiet voice. “Wyon brought. Miss Grant out. It was} purely @ business proposition.” Towers winked at him. “Tell that to the marines, my boy! That’s the story for the pa- pers. Dicky Wyon is simply there to run anybody Gideon chooses. Don’t suppose he’s got a penny to bless himself with. He was a law- yer’s clerk not many yeurs ago. Every living soul in the theatrical world knows that. The little girl has evidently taken the great man’s fancy.” He stopped suddenly, qualing be- fore the look in Dumont’s eyes. Towers was an inoffensive person, retailing what was to him harmless gossip. “What's the matter?” he asked. “Miss Grant is a very old friend of mine,” said Dumont. “Oh! Sorry I spoke! No harm in- tended.” Towers felt rather bound to justify himself. “One only knows what one hears, and everybody says gray coat with the black collar, and a little fur cap on her head, with a bunch of violets on one slde—violets not so dark a purple as her eyes, Dumont could not move. He had not really expected her to come out of this house—this shameful house. He was paralyzed. He saw her hail @ passing taxicab dnd jump in. He rode back to his studio and dressed himself with great care. This was a gala night at the Lemon \Grove, eee ; yee was ready for Bastien punc- tually at nine o'clock. She teased Bastien about being so quiet as they walked to the Lemon Grove. Judy was snug in her fur coat. A rather crude and yet elusive perfume reached the young artist’s nostrils a tripped close by hi linked her arm in his, that’s the way the wind lies. They're always togefher.” Dumont gave unmistakable evi- dence that he did not wish the sub- ject pursued. * eee G™ TOWERS, the easy-going, aroused in his companion’s breast. He had said what others said—that was all. It was common knowledge that Judy Grant was being “run” by Bruce Gideon—that she Was Gide |a on’s property, as some rather crudely put it. When the two men had finished lunch and parted, Towers strolled down the Avenue, eminently pleased with himself and with the world in general, and quite uncon- scious of the fact that he had dis- turbed the course of several lives. Dumont, meanwhile, went into three theatrical clubs one after the other. At each one he drank with several men, At one of them he came across Richard Wyon’s bust- ness manager, who, as it happened, had also lunched well, and was not averse to further indulgence. Such things are managed by fate, and man cannot control them. Dumont talked to Wyon’s busi- ness manager for half an hour. When he went out into the calm of the late afternoom lit by a pale winter sun low in the western sky, his head was on fire. The sky seemed-plastered-with the name of Judy Grant. She seemed to dance in front of him like a red flame. Everything was red. . Dumont walked for about an hour. At the end of it he found himself on Park Avenue. He had come there against his will. He knew where Gideon’s apartment was. He had walked past it many a time with despair in his heart. He did not know what he was do- ing there now, except that he had come to spy. Then suddenly he grew stiff, as a It th in; en't_ so clever as little Miss Grant.” little form came out of the door of Gideon’s building. It was unmis- “Chummy has promised to.come, Bastien. Clara will be there, and all the boys. dear cld times!” “The dear old times!” repeated Dumont mechanically. “Bastien, your voice sounds like good-natured gossip, the fre-|a funeral! Aren’t‘you well? Buck quenter of club and restaurant, lit-|up, old boy! You wanted me to tle knew what a storm he had |come.” the roof the lMghts hung in lemon- colored Chinese lanterns that cast dancers. The stiff lemon trees’ painted on the walls had been touched up and their tubs made Scarlet, The woodwork around doors was scarlet, and all the beams were bright royal blue. In dazzling color scheme had been de vised, as the members sald, “to make your forget what you're eat- It will be like the They reached the dancing hall. was, indeed a gala night, From slow like moonlight on the © supper room an even more FAST wey TO HEALTH regardiog Health end Diet wil be enewered. side of paper only. Letters aust not exeed 650 words. Address Dr. Frank McCoy, eave of this peper.” turbances and liver congestion. A person with a catarrhal tendency who Dr. McCoy will gladly answet Personal questions on health and diet addressed to him, care of The Tribune. Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. tired out will in all probability develop a cold. Stuffing a cold with food is wrong. One who stuffs a cold is very apt to develop some serious fever dis- ease. Benjamin Franklin states this tersely in the following words: “Stuff” @ cold and starve a fever.” He was much while having a cold, you will have to starve out the resultant fever. The most satisfactory method of alkalinizing the blood and improv- ing the digestion is to use a diet of oranges or their juice for from 10 days to two weeks, using enemas of plain farm water during that time. One should follow this fast with the use of @ well balanced diet, avoiding the use of any large amount of sugar, fat, or starch. The body is usually quick to respond to the right treatment. It has also an inherent power of self- healing if it is only given the oppor- tunity.’ Avoid sickness as much as come, the shortest and most perma- nently valuable route to health is via the “diet special.” QEUSTIONS AND ANSWERS Temperature at Night Question: Mrs. J. H. writes: Kind- ly tell me the cause of a boy seven years old running a temperature every night. He is underweight, and of a very nervous temperament.” Answer: You should have your boy examined by a competent diagnostic- ian. He may be suffering from tu- berculosis in some part of the body, or from pyelitis or some other disease* where there is @ degeneration of tis- Sues going on. Starch in Melba Toast Question: M. H. writes: “I havé ard that you claim that Melba toast contains no starch—that toast- ay ee ane sain the starch.” er: My claim is that starch becomes dextrinized by the heat sc that it is not as liable to cause fer- mentation in the intestines, Reducing Medicines Question: M. M. asks: “Will you, if possible, tell me what you think of this new product called that has recently been put on the market? Do you consider it harmless, and does | it really reduces? Don't you think it @ good deal to lose four pounds in a few minutes, as it claims? I do not, understand its action.” Answer: I never recommend rem- edies for reducing. It is’ only neces- | Sry for you to diet and exercise prop- erly and you can surely bi weight to the normal. The peice of all reducing remedies is wrong. Stop the cause, TOO. MUCH FOOD paleg glide. ar EXERCISE, you have the on! fcr oneniey ly sensible cure Chest Measurement , Question: M. H. L. asks: “What is the chest measurement for a per- aoe Fg years old, five feet, eight inches Answer: Your chest measurement would depend upon your type of build, to 42 inches. ————— | Quotations | ————_____} “I see nothing in the present situa- tion that threatens the future su- Premacy of the railroads in the trans- poctaion field."—Frank McManamy, chairman of the Interstate Comm Commission, ei * * ® “A girl told me all you have to do is asked for a divorce in Paris and smile at the judge and he gives it to you. Paris must be a wonderful * “I believe the time will come, and, Perhaps, not so far distant when rocket flights will be made between Europe and America in three hours.” —Prince Alfonso of Spain. ‘Movi on at “Movies, cards, gossip and golf are Popular diversions, but when carried to an extreme they have a very decid- edly narrowing influence on the indi- vidual.” — Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, * * * “We'll get back our friends now. +... All our friends drank, and we knew it, and so not to embarass them rice Campbell, wife of the former Probiption! administrat ‘or! salesmen of ——___ Fourteen thousand real estate r Southern California have failed to qualify for permanent g and drinking.” The place was crowded. They saw everybody they knew. Chummy was with Michael Jenks with Tony Leigh. Clara was very smartly dressed and prosper- ous at the moment; but her snub face lit up with the old adoration at the sight of Bastien, and Judy made him go and dance with her at once, Stone, Clara It was not until half an hour later that he found Judy again. Without a word he put his arm around her waist as the orchestra Struck up, and they danced the whole of a fox trot through without speaking. Judy and Bastien could make @ fox trot into a thing of. beauty. When it was over, she drew @ deep breath, ‘ “You do dance better than any man in the world, Bastien!” They danced several more dances, always in silence, At last Judy ex- claimed: i; “I say, Bastien, I'm fond of dane- ing, but I did want a little chat!” “So do I,” he said. “Come into the other room.” (To Be Continned) diceoees under a new examination LW. FLAPPER FANNY: SAYS: (980. U. $. PAT. OFF. 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