The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1931, Page 6

‘Tribune Company, Bis- D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck mail matter. President and Publisher jubscription Rates Payable in Advance Bismarck) i N. Dv 8 Toa gegzg il in Canada, per year . Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the for republication of all news dispatches credited to it not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also local news of spontaneous origin published herein. rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Tr z (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Ornate Futility State officials who have advised the members of the Capitol Commission seems unanimous on one point at Teast and that is that the new capitol structure should first of all be a convenient office building and that at no time should utility be sacrificed for ornate futility. Gov. Shafer was quoted recently in The Fargo Forum fas being committed to the office building type of capitol, Telieving that severe kind of design as much as was pos- sible by the artistic. This seems the right and proper attitude. Essentially a state house should be designed to facilitate public business. Millions can be wasted in ornamentation, spacious corridors and marble pillars! 6upporting a massive but thoroughly useless dome, A few years ago every state capitol had to have a dome. As the Minneapolis Tribune recently, in commenting on the North Dakota situation so well pointed out, this idea came to be accepted as a cardinal feature of all state capitols because the builders of the national capitol edopted that form of design. Beautiful as the stately dome is architecturally, it is @isappearing as a distinguishing mark of state capitols. Some few states large enough build an ornate capitol for show purposes and then flank it with modern office buildings where the routine business of the state is transacted. In North Dakota, the members of the Capitol Commssion are charged with the task of building one structure which will serve practically all functions of government. ‘The commission has made an excellent start when it @ecides to spend little in ornate futility and concentrate on a fine, practical office building where public business can be transacted efficiently and with dispatch. Our ‘Effective Poorhouse’ President Hoover is not giving to phrase-making but on his recent trip to the Carribean he dubbed the Virgin islands as an “effective poorhouse.” That appellation probably will cling to the islands for years to come and it effectively sums up the situation unless these pos- sessions should receive some credit as a naval base for the protection of the Panama canal and other interests. in the Carribean. Fourteen years ago the United States paid Denmark $25,000,000 at a time when it was feared Germany would secure the islands as a submarine base. The exigencies of our national defense forced the purchase which has been: costing the taxpayer some $500,000 a year ever since. To date the federal government has expended upon the Virgin islands more than $6,000,000. In the three small islands there is a population of only 22,000, ninety per cent of which are colored. It costs ‘Uncle Sam for upkeep about $32 per capita for each man, woman and child on the islands and over a period of 14 years the United States has spent more on these islands than did Denmark in 200 years. Under Denmark the islanders were able to pay their way through the manufacture of rum and bay rum, but since prohibi-| tion has followed the flag, new ways and means must be devised to aid these islands in working out their economic salvation. ‘The way out seems to be a homesteading system and steps toward reforestation, supplemented by an educa- tional system to meet the peculiar needs of the islands. Low Heels at Last, Thank Goodness Fashion has at last given up spikes for my lady's flipper, and low heels have been prescribed for 1931. The) reason given is that high heels are bad for the health' nd carriage. This objection to high heels has long been| known to doctors and students of physiology, so it is safe ‘to say that this latest decree of fashion is based, not fon a discovery but on a concession. Besides, stylists are demanding good carriage as an essential element of smartness, One of the writers on style makes this explanation: Fewer spikes are seen even for dress occasions, because fwomen have come to realize that while really high heels fook well when their wearer sits, they rarely do when she walks. Also they usually lead to thickened ankles and a pained expression.” A pained expression? And why not, when the per- sistent wearing of spikes has resulted in millions of cases tof crooked legs, humped backs and spinal curvatures? But fashion can hardly be expected to lay such an indict- ment at its own door. ‘The abolition of high heels follows naturally the revolu- tionary emancipation in dress that has come to woman- kind throughout the world. The disappearance of tight corsage, “the Grecian bend” and the suffocation folds of long trailing skirts and balloon sleeves is no less im- portant than the abolition of steel shoes for girl babies; im China. How often have we laughed at the Chinese; but if we will look upon our own frivolities of fashion from our gay nineties down, it will not be necessary to turn to the heathen races for entertainment. The Good Ship Marriage An army of parents, parsons and pamphleteers, not to mention a few punsters, have climbed the American Punster throws a stale bands are getting shy. urge has been replaced and gasoline for the sport roadster! These difficulties are not so rampant in this state,| but North Dakota has a problem of an even graver nature. Here we are short of women—38,385, to be exact —and this may account for our backwardness in some respects, For the solution of this problem we solicit the. earnest attention of our three (or should we say two) congressmen, our gerrymandering politiciahs and our commissioner of immigration. ‘A National Loss ‘When President Hoover, in a message to Mrs. Knute Rockne, expressed the thought that her husband’s death was a national loss, the idea may have shocked those among us who attach importance only to material things. But the vast bulk of America’s citizens will credit the president with insight into true human values and will agree with him, for Rockne’s death was a national loss, in the truest sense. There will be more real grief, ex- Pressed and silent, at his passing than would be the case with any single financial leader one could name, for it has been given to few men to stir the minds and hearts of America as Rockne has done. To a startling degree he was an American prophet, and one who forced recognition and honor in his own. land. He was a prophet of clean, hard, successful play; the apostle of America’s young manhood and of one of the nation’s greatest games. Tf all the world loves a lover it may also be sald that, it loves a winner and few men, in any line of endeavor, can show @ better record than Rockne had. The out- ward evidence of his greatness was his achievement as} @ football player and more particularly as a coach. The inner fire which made him great was his love of America’s fine college game and of its young manhood, and the talent—it is not too much to say genius—which he brought to it. Football is a strongly competitive game and for one man to stand out above his fellows, year after year, is as truly a mark of ability as to negotiate a bank merger or to organize an industry. Each task requires capacity but it is barely possible that more genius is| required to teach and inspire a football team than to deal with material facts alone. A comparatively young man when he died, Rockne will, leave a more lasting name than many to whom greater acclaim has been given and who will be regarded by; some as having performed more lasting deeds, But there are millions of Americans who will never forget the thrill which was theirs as they watched the parade of the Notre Dame eleven to its second successive national championship in 1930. Their hearts will thrill to the memory of climax heaped upon climax in that struggle through a schedule of games which other coach-; es regarded as suicidal, They will see again the gallant fight of the Rockne Ramblers against Northwestern, a worthy foe if ever there was one. Those who saw and read of it will remember the gruelling game with a fighting Army -eleven in| which the victors battled not only with the vanquished but with the weather. And then the climax. That golden day in Sunny California, where, with the odds estimated to be against, them, Rockne’s proteges turned into a rout @ contest which was expected to mark their downfall, If it means anything to thrill a nation as few other men have done; to inspire the youth of a land in a way which will be of lasting benefit to them and to this coun- try; to give a practical demonstration of what true sportsmanship means and of what true sportsmanship is, then Knute Rockne’s death was indeed a national) loss. There were tears in the eyes of America’s boys as they read of a great hero's death. Staid businessmen, no} longer young but who again breathed the spirit of youth because of Rockne’s prowess and personality, regarded his death as a personal loss. An immigrant lad, it was given to Rockne to plumb the depths of the American heart to vitalize the American mind, to stir the American ambition and to dramatize the American spirit. a In view of these things, who can disagree with the president's estimate of the importance of his death? Who will deny that it was a national loss? Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without to whether they agree or disagree with The ib une’s policies. Coach Rockne (Minneapolis Tribune) Followers of athletics throughout America are mourne ing the death of Knute Rockne, famous football coach and director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame who was killed in an airplane crash near Bazar, Kan., Tuesday. Rockne was easily the greatest figure ever associated with intercollegiate football, a sport in which he reached the highest pinnacle as a player, coach and strategist. From the days when he first became interested in foot- ball as a player, he fairly lived the game. In the begin- ning, he was not an outstanding player, but made him- self one of the greatest ends of all time by listening at- tentively to the instructions of his coach, studying the possibilities of the game from all angles and then work- ing out original ideas. As football coach at Notre Dame he proved himself a. strategic genius. He originated plays year after year which baffled teams tutored by men who would have been hailed as master coaches had they not been called upon to match wits with a wizard like Rockne. Rockne’s success at Notre Dame gained international fame for the South Bend institution as well self. Football followers came to regard teams as utterly unbeatable, and they were ing the past two years. Perfection of teamwork was one Rockne’s success as a football coach. with a machinelike that was Every man had his part to perform in every valuable watching could obtain roll in the District of Ww. What do you need to know? Is there some point about your business or personal life that puzzles you? Is there something you want to know without delay? Submit your ques- ti Haskin, Director ion to Frederic J. 5 of our Washington Information Bu- Teau. He is employed to help you. Address your inquiry to the Bismarck Tribune Information Bureau, eric J. Haskin, Director, Ws D. C., and enclose two cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Fred- Q. How many automobiles were in use in the United States last year? L mobiles in 1930 was 26,718,000. Of this total, 23,200,000 were motor cars and 3,518,000 motor trucks. The number of motor buses in use was 95,000. iy A. The total registration of auto- What is the government’s pay Columbia: te 2 W. ‘A. Its yearly pay roll within the District is estimated at $106,000,000. Q. Upon what date was Nathan Hale executed? B. C. A. Nathan Hale was hung es a spy on the morning of September 22, 1776, Q. How long has the word electric been used tively, as an “electric thrill” or “electric flash”? G. C. M. A. The word electricity was first used by W. Gilbert in his treatise De 600. ‘The adjective electric was used a5 early as in his Songs of the orable circumstances, hold under wa- ter persons whom they had seized un- til they had drowned, at the same time biting them with their horny Parrot-like jaws; no doubt such ac- Cidents have occasionally happened to pearl-divers and the like. Ordinar- ily, however, the octopus does not at- attain one-half these dimensions and many species have bodies no larger than an ordinary pear. Q. What boat was the first to go through the Panama Canal? W. H. A. The first steamer to pass through the Panama Canal was the Crane Boat “Alex La Valley” on Jan- uary 7, 1914. Commercial traffic was inaugurated with the passage of the Steamer “Anoon” on August 15, 1914, @. Into how many races is the human race now divided? ©. B. A. According to Dr. Hrdlicka of the United States National Museum in Washington, three main human Taces are recognized today—the whites, yellow-browns, and blacks. Each one of these has @ number of sub-races or types which are often eans, the Alpines, and the Nordics; yellow-browns—the Mongoloids, the Malays, and the American Indians; blacks—the Negritoes, Bushmen, Afri- can Negroes. Some authorities class- ify the American Indian as a separate race, Q. Is honey a healthful food? E. B. A. It is wholesome. It contains both vitamins and mineral sub- tric | stances. the melting eye darts fond question or the soft reply.” 1831 Carlyle in Sartor Resartus said “Wait a little till the entire na- is in an electric state.” I . Iwas under the impression that. Lent lasted forty days. Why is it longer than that from Ash Wednes- to Easter Sunday? O. D. G. ‘The period of Lent is forty days of fasting or sacrifice in addition to the Sundays occurring in the period which are not counted. There are siy Sundays in the lenten period of this year, one in February, and five in March. @Q. In what part of the ocean does the octopus live? Will it attack a man? C,H. A. The octopus is found in tropical Q. How many registers has the singing voice? L. W. G. A. The voice may be divided into the lower or chest register, the high- er or head register, and the small or falsetto register. In singing, the voice changes in volume and in qual- ity in passing from one register into another. Q. Is there a law in Virginia that forbids a woman to become seas near coral reefs. Some forms spread their limbs 12 or 14 feet like great spiders and might, under fav- OUT OUR WAY. cil of the colony were so aroused over TAKE THiS ARM OUTA THAT. LEG AN’ PUT IT 8h THIS ARM, Down HERE THEN TaAVveE THis LEG OUTA THis ARN AN’ PUT IT OW THis THEN TURN AROUND “Twice AN’ LEG , UP HERE ~ TAKE ‘AT OTHER LEG OUT OF TH OTMER ARM AN PuoTIT - in TH OTHER LEG ~~ AN! THEN MOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1931 the affair that they issued a préclam- time, Wilstach, an authority on Vir- ginia lore, says there is no known rec: Mee es vol "ba How are coffee trees raised? M. A. Coffee trees are raised from seed grown in nurseries, and when of a size to endure variations of tem- Perature, usually in about six months time, they are transplanted to the coffee orchard, where they begin to bear when three years old and bear fruit for about twenty years. Today Is the Anniversary of CHARLEMAGNE’S BIRTH On April 2, 742, Charlemagne, French name of Charles the Great, king of the Franks and Roman em- Peror, was born in either Aix-la-Cha- I f I cuz TD GE STANNIN' ON MY HEAD, QUESTIONS 18 REGARD TO HEALTH © DIET Witt BE THE TREATMENT FOR A HERNIA pacrkrtnnl In the treatment of a hernia, the first and most important thing is to the protruding organ back into the abdominal cavity so that it age longer protrudes. In many cases ig readily accomplished by having the Patient lie on the back with the hips elevated so that the internal organs hen be used to return the proper place. Where it le to reduce the hernia by ordinary methods, surgery is advisable. ing Nricntabd where the rup- “elt iit FET el i it night a lighter truss may that it will not be uncom- In adults a cure is not as it much good may be ac- complished and sometimes a cure takes place if the patient will imme- diately secure a good rupture support. and wear it constantly until assured by his doctor that a cure is complete. It is very important that one with a hernia avoid all gas-forming foods be avoided especially are onions, gar- llc, cooked cabbage, dried to be gas-forming in his quantity of food should be the minimum of the body’s menus outlined newspaper col- Mi avoid straining hernia by lifting or violent exer- It is a good plan to take two enemas day, one in the morning and one in using only a quart. of lain warm water each time. The enema should be taken in the knee- chest position and a support worn at the same time. These enemas should be continued for seveyal months if necessary. One should also start de- veloping the abdominal muscles @ careful course of setting- up exercises, the most beneficial ex- ercises being taken very carefully at first and used. twice daily, gradually increasing: the amount each day as the strength of the abdominal muscles increase. The ‘band or not; he hadn't time to be a married man—tIna Claire, ze ‘The full, free, unconscious utter- ance of the broad “ah” sound of “a” © 1926 MPCOY HEALTH SERVICE - BY ORICCOY WHD CAN BE ADDRESSED I CARE OF MOORESSEO. ENVELOPE FOR REPLY LOS ANGELES- CAL: cold sitz bath for fifteen or twenty exercises is Dr. McCoy will gladly answer personal questions on health and diet addressed to him, care of also of great service in this trouble. It increases the tone of the muscles and ligaments of the abdomen. A rupture should not be allowed to continue because of the danger of strangulation. In cases of long stand- ing, where the cure appears to be im- possible, an operation is advisable, as it is in cases which cannot be readily pressed back into the normal I know of many cases where the method which I have just outlined brought about @ complete recovery, In order to effect a cure, however, it is important that treatment be begun as soon as possible, and it is also im- rortant that once the hernia has been replaced it is not allowed to re« appear through carelessness. , QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sore Spot Question: A. C. writes: “Under the right rib two or three inches from the spinal column when I press it, it is sore. Would this be the liver, or gall stones?” Answer: It is unwise for me to at- tempt .to diagnose your. trouble through this column. Any diagnosti- cian should be able to tell you the eause of the pain. It may be in your ribs or intercostal cartilages; it might be from the liver, right kidney, adhe- sions or colitis, so you see it would be @ wild guess for me to try to es+ timate the cause. Best Fats Quesion: M. L. asks: “Can a pere son digest fats after the gall bladder has been removed? If so, what kinds are best?” Answer: The digestion of fats should not be affected through the vemoval of the gall bladder, I constd- er the best fats and oils to be butter, cream, olive oil. and that obtained from ripe avocados. Veins on Nose Question: Grace asks: “Can any- thing be done about tiny veins thad appear around the nose? Can sneez- ing be the cause? An answer would be appreciated. Answer: The ice treatment is Sometimes effective in reducing these veins. This treatment consists of simply holding a piece of ice against. the enlarged veins. Treatment should last two or three minutes and be ree Peated two or three times a day. Al- so, wash the nose several times daily with soap and watet in order to keep the pores clean so that the squeezing of blackheads will not be necessary. FRIDAY, APRIL 3 ‘A. 1550 Kilocycles—845.1 Meters is the surest indication, in speech, of social culture which began at the cradle—Richard Grant White. ee 2 American women are too enterp! ing. And they are spoiled. In Eng- land we spoil the men; they stand it better. Women turn out best in ad- versity.—J, B. Priestley. est T am accused of having invented “it.” ‘Though I have explained many are like sub- clear sail- i06—Farm Flashes—Weather Ree port 5—Morning Devotion --Cheerio :45—Farm Reporter in Washington and Old Time Music 8:00—Program 8:15—U. S. Army Ban Eve 9:55—Opening Markets and Weather Report 10:00—Children’s Crusade 11:00—Markets 11:05—Grace Duryee Morris, Organist 80—National Farm and Home Hour His na Wallace Hi 3 ina, ‘allace Hopper 3:15—Markets—High, Low and Close Ni ‘Weather, Livestock. \ Program 4:00—Lady Next Door 4:30—Program 5:00—Brahms Requiem 5:30—Stocks. and ‘Bonds —News— 6:00—Grace Duryee Morris, Organist 2 1 6:30—Program ree 4S Raeipe ona F 0) iio Hi :45—Vocal Pro} :00—Program ‘WOOL PRODUCTION Pre! estimates for wool pro- out al ,708,000,000 pounds, which is an increase over last season’s production. jesec oe ES The first loans approved by. Secre- /tary Hyde's national advisory loan committee to farm credit or livestock loan companies have been granted to’ organizations in Arkansas Window-washing is work— and that’s the rub, ue