The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1932, Page 4

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All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. “(Official City, State and County | Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (ncorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON The Hoover Keynote Considering the conditions under which it was made, it was an excel- lent speech which President Hoover gave Thursday night in accepting renomination as the Republican party's standard bearer. In some respects, it disclosed a new Hoover and it is inevitable that cer- tain inferences should be drawn from it. That the public is intended to examine the document and draw its own conclusions is obvious. With « that end in view, the president and the party leaders curried it briskly, trimmed off the rough edges and Tubbed it down fine. It is not a great state paper, but then acceptance speeches never are. AS a campaign document it admir- ably met the needs of the Republican party, admittedly in a difficult spot. As he prepared his speech and as he delivered it before a large crowd and a big battery of microphones, the president could not possibly have for- gotten thet one of the worst depres- sions the nation has known began in his administration. He expressed the hope, which all of us devoutly share, that the bottom already has been reached and that we are on the up- gerade. * 8% But his exposition of economic theory will not appeal to those per- sons who feel that something funda- mental went haywire with the na- tion’s ecomonic system. These, will not entirely agree with the president's in- sistence upon adherence to past standards. The fact of his redeclara- tion of faith was cloaked in high- sounding phrases and references to American tradition and practice, but} the nub of the matter is there just the same. ‘The Hoover specch loses nothing— and gains nothing—by contrast with the Roosevelt acceptance, delivered in dramatic fashion at the close of the Democratic convention. The one, essentially, is a defense of a record. ‘The other was an expression of hope for the future. Hoover touched upon the future, too, but lightly. In that he showed good political judgment. One of the major tasks now confronting his par- ty is to erase from the minds of the People the grandiose dreams which they were so interested in inspiring in 1928. The speech differed radically from many other Republican acceptances in history, not so much because of what it contained as for what it lacked. Here-to-fore the full dinner pail has been paraded in its best bib and tucker. All that was left of it Thurs- day night was memory ang the echo of a hollow clang from the wings off stage. One of the major issues of the campaign is whether Hoover can get it sufficiently filled, in fact or in promise, with enough speed to Stave off defeat in November. Where he could do so, the president took the aggressive, but it was a dif- ficult task. A few thrusts at the Democratic congress, a jab or two at the ideas enunciated by party op- ponents and he was back at the job of explaining the monumental task THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE; SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1932 cago as to make his stand seem al- most compatible with the straight- out repeal declaration adopted by the Democrats. The difference between Hoover and Roosevelt on this point seems to be largely one of verbiage, Both regard prohibition as a failure and both declare against return of the saloon. Since the Republican party’s :pro- hibition plank was obviously dictated by the white house, the reasons for this abrupt shift in a matter of two months excites speculation. One of 20 |the grandest games in politics, as well as the most difficult, has been to appeal to both sides of a disputed question at once. The Republicans have been expert at it and the Hoov- er wet declaration may be new evi- dence of party genius. On the one hand is a party de- claration which does not seriously offend the drys in comparison with the Democratic attitude. On the other is a statement by the candidate which certainly will incite wet sym- pathy. If political strategy dominated the declaration it was not without po- litical merit for Hoover's stand now is not incompatible with his “noble experiment” declaration of 1928. The 1932 stand is presumedly that of a scientist in political economy who feels that the experiment has failed to produce the desired results. * * * The speech contained a gentle slap on the wrist for the so-called powers of big business, since it accuses them of a part in bringing on the economic debacle, but it is not definite enough to appease those folk who want the “money powers” hung or boiled in oil. After all, there is a matter of campaign funds to be considered and the rebuke was not one which any individual will take to heart. A willingness to deal with Europe on foreign debts was indicated but it was made clear that we must have something in return. Arms reduction or trade preferences were the media hinted at to bring about this result. The money question and the tariff Were discussed in typically Repub- lican manner. There can be no tam- Pering with the money system under the Hoover idea. He opposes the Democratic plan of eliminating the President's power to adjust the tariff and condemned tariff log-rolling, but there was no hint that the tariff, it- self, is not all it might be. What- ever else may be said of the presi- dent, he was true to the high gods of his party in his acceptance speech, just as he has been in his adminis- tration. There seems little reason why he should not be. They have commanded the worship of the ma- jority in the past. eee Granted that Hoover has never been noted for flourish as a speak- er, the peroration seems a little odd. It closes in a sort of speudo-cres- cendo which may mean almost any- thing or nothing. It is as though, having said what he had to say and having determined to quit, the pres- ident closed his effort as quickly as Possible. His pledge to welcome the help of every man and woman in Preserving the United States and its People has a quality of naivete which is hardly in keeping with the strug- gle through which the president has Just passed. If the speech is open to criticism in a general way, it is the rather con- stant reiteration of his adherence to traditions. Granted that they are important, it cannot be overlooked that many of the finest traditions of American individuals have been Swept away in the storm of the last few years. Changing times have made the creation of new traditions @ necessity and the president’s ac- tions during the last year have Proved that he recognizes the fact. He might have done better, both for himself and his party, had he spared himself the task of waving the hoary flag of the past in an effort to lend |“ thetorical charm to his utterance. The past has its bad points as well as its good ones and there are some traditions still blooming in America which might profitably be discarded. After all, the people are looking to the future, just as Hoover is, No Reaction Yet Persons who had anticipated a sharp drop in the stock and com- modity markets have been agreeably surprised by the manner in which re- cent gains have been maintained. It is difficult to estimate conditions in the financial centers from this dis- tance, and yet some things are ap- parent. One is that the public is again get- upon which he has labored, what he} ting into # buying mood. Securities has done in the pest and what he} a bargain prices at last made their hopes to do in the future. appeal and money was taken from On the latter point, as already| the old sock and put into circulation. pointed out, he was sagacious and|The bears underestimated both the prudent. A man who has held of-| buying power of the country and the flee for four years is not likely to| temper of the people. thrive on promises. ** * It seems, sometimes, that we have to get just so sick before we begin to Whatever the farmers’ may think] gc¢ well, We have been pretty ill of their political prestige, 1t ts Obv!-| ana now we are recovering. ous that the Republicans have chart- ed their major battleground as being ‘We probably will continue to get better because, with inventories down, that is an eleventh hour convert tated a policy of selling this country short seems to have vanished. that prohibition has been thing for the country. They Courage has returned and the will re- | to do is beginning to find expression. | Little ‘Acceptance’ Speeches of Everyday Life! | \ ACCEPT THIS GOLD per-low here last winter, is now glad to sell champagne by the glass in old Paree. . . Never before was a quantity less than a quart dispensed at the Royal Box. ee * And just to show you the topsy- turvy nature of things hereabouts, the luxuriously appointed mansion wherein M. Zelli was host, having been stripped by the revenue lads, now is used as a rehearsal hall for cabaret chorines. ee % AH, LOVE! The charming love tale of Edna Best and her husband, Herbert Mar- shall, turns back again to Hollywood for its latest chapter. All of that world that loves a love story will re- call that Miss Best, with stardom and rich rewards at hand, tossed over her opportunities to return to her husband who was on the Broad- way stage. There are, it seems, some a wedded couples in the the- ater. ‘They were cast together in “There's Always Juliet,” and this time Holly- ‘wood wanted Marshall to play oppo- site Marlene Dietrich. The play had some time to run. Could he now leave, was the question raised. Par- amount could not wait. Marshall was wanted at once. So what? So Para- mouzt bought up the play for the rest of the run and paid off the ac- tors. Miss Best can now go back to film starring with her husband just @ couple of lots away. : PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to discase diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in SEVEN AGES OF ITCHING When we are young and in our prime it seems we itch most all the time, with heat rash, hives and woolen undies, mosquitoes, fleas ol insect sundries. Then by and bye we enter school, play in the gym, swim in the pool, catch scabies, ring- worm, pediculsis, and fungus foot— tricophytosis. At last we get so tough and old that nothing else will bite us, yet we keep on itching just the same with exquisite bath pruri- tus. I was never much impressed by impassioned descriptions of itching until I tried some of the‘ lower de-1 grees myself. My idea was to begin with something mild and gradually work up to real itching. So I tried bedbugs. The itch of Cimex lectu- larius is exasperation rather than itching —exasperating because you vaguely feel something biting but you can’t seem to tell where it is, and while you're dozedly cogitating this phenomenon the first guest slips | away and brings back some of her} friends and they all set to right mer- rily and enjoy a hearty meal before you finally get up and commence the ghastly work of execution. Scabies, formerly called “seven year itch,” is more like. Indeed, I hold that seven hours is enough of that for any one to have, and the thorough application of a properly made sulphur ointment will cure it within seven hours, too. When I had orthoform erythema! I felt I had begun to understand what it means to itch. Orthoform is a medicine, and some individuals happen to have an idiosyncrasy or peculiar sensitiveness to certain me- dicines or chemicals. I had to have three successive attacks of ortho- form dermatitis, each a little less se- vere, before it dawned on me that the attacks came only when I han- dled the stuff in the treatment of a patient. But I know now that I never itched any to speak of until I had ivy poi- soning. That is the nth degree of itching. If there is anything worse than ivy dermatitis in the itching line I’d rather not hear about it. For the relief of ordinary itching, such as mosquito or other bites one of the following remedies may be d. Rub the spot with.a piece of wet! soap. Touch it with tincture of iodin. Touch it with peroxide. Bathe with a handful of saleratus (soda) in a basin of water. Apply calamin lotion. Calamin lotion is a standard for- mula for the relief of itching, smart- ing, burning, and consists of: Powdered calamin. Powdered zinc oxid...One ounce Glycerin (tablespoonful) One-hal Li make one pint. ‘This should be labeled Calamin Lotion. Shake it up well and ap- ply by sopping on with fingers, without rubbing. Let dry on the skin. Use as often as you wish. In cases of intense itching, as in ivy poisoning, it is necessary to add to the Calamin Lotion a small amount of phenol (carbolic acid). The drug- gist can sell without prescription a solution of phenol (carbolic acid) in water in the strength of 5 per cent (one part carbolic acid in twenty of water). Two ounces of this 5 per cent phenol solution may be used in- stead of two ounces of the lime water in preparing Calamin Lotion. The addition of the phenol renders the lotion much more for ex- treme itchings or irritation. Of course phenol (carbolic acid) should not be applied if there is a break in the skin or a raw sore or wound of any kind, unless under the physi- cian’s direction. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Man Versus Insect Please tell me how to get rid of ants. They are in sun parlor, dining room. I have tried quite a few things ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. girl shouldn't go in swimming at that time. Cure of Hernia I had an operation for hernia five months ago but it was not successful. I am anxious to know if it can be cured without an operation. (E, M.) Answer—Injection treatment offers as good a chance of cure as would an operation. I do not know of a physi- cian in your city equalified to give you such treatment but I can recom- mend one in a neighboring city if you wish. Copper Water Tank We use a copper lined water heat- ing tank. Sometimes the water has a greenish color, Is this injurious to our health? (O, R. Y.) Answer—No, a trace of copper in water or food is rather beneficial. (Copyright John F, Dille Co.) uGilbert Swan SCHATTCHENS UP TO DATE New York. Aug. 13.—Ever a cun- ning, versatile and high-pressure fellow, the “Schattchen” has fol- lowed time’s changing trail from the old New York ghetto to the modern ‘radio broadcast, A schattchen now advertises his match-making prowess from a Brook- lyn and Bronx air station. For the Schattchen is a marriage broker, as every follower of the old Potash and Perlmutter tales could tell you. He was one of immigration’s transplan- tations from the old world to the new. e HK Usually pictured as a comic char- acter, he actually was a shrewd, back-slapping fellow avho tried to drive the best marriage bargains. He was best known in the Yiddish quar- ters. His opportunities grew from the continuation in America of the old dowry system. It was instinctive with tens of thousands to see their daughters and sons “married well.” The vast East Side was such a seething, confusing welter of humanity that he had fer- tile ground for operation. He be- came a sort of marital politician; mixing with the heterogenous mass- es and making sly notes of good prospects. His next step was to get them together and please the vari- ous families. x ek OK VANISHING FIGURE A professional man—doctor or lawyer—was a schattchen’s best ace- in-the-hole. Such came high and any amount of bargaining could be engaged in \with the best dowered young women. With a couple of at- torneys and medical men on his list, the marriage broker could become super-snooty, And did! A trades- man with a good business ran a close second. Artists, writers and such were practically written off. * *% Times changed in the ghetto, as elsewhere, and a younger generation turned rebel. Girls met young men of their age and dictated to their own hearts. Among a small per- centage of the oldsters, the custom continued—and does to this mo- ment. Today the radio is employed to carry the schattchen’s 1932 messages —and the upper Bronx and Brook- lyn, whence much of the old ghetto has drifted, furnish his audiences. * * * OZ, THE WIZARD The oddest name on Broadway be- longs to a certain Mr. Oz, who is a booking agent. . . And, of course, a wizard at it. . . Whereas, Mr. O. E. Wee is one of the biggest road tour agents, . . And word comes from Paris that Joe Zelli, who was get- ing $1 per drink in an uppity whis- « ¥ ae y " =~ en HORIZONTAL twe joined 1 Christian X is 7 street cars king of ——? ~ (DL). 7'To have AY 15 Coin. _ existence. 1OW) | 21 Snaky fish, 13 Audibly. IDE] 22 Epoch, 14 At this time, IE IR} 24 Pertaining to 16 Not younger. h* @ zone, 17God of the 26 To feel one’s »* lower world. dan WAY. 18 Wrath. ie | 28 Data. 19 Helmet-shaped ISITIRIE IN] 29 Sesame. part of a calyx, IKILINT 1D! 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(Mrs. A. D. M) Answer—On receipt of your request and addressed envelope we will mail you instructions for getting rid of any of these pests. The Water Is Fine Iam a girl 18 years old, very fond swimming. I of sports, especially . would like to continue swimming dur- ing tion. Please advise me adh WS id i ee 4EBSGnuie «wees wo is ok all ove NS Mw yl Z Ni “Nec ol CZECHOSLOVAKIA RECOGNIZED On Aug. 13, 1918, Great Britain recognized Czechoslovakia as an in- dependent nation. It was to be form- ed out of certain Austro-Hungarian states at the end of the war, and the recognition was made to encourage the operations of Czechoslovakian troops cooperating with the Allies in Russia. At the same time, it was announced officially in Vienna that Austrian troops were being sent to the western front to aid the hard-pressed Ger- man forces there. Fresh French divisions resumed the offensive on the Oise river, driv- ing the Germans back for more than two miles on a wide front. British, American and French forces continued their gains in Pic- ardy, capturing thousands of prison- ers and great quantities of ammuni- tion and equipment. German pris- oners taken in the previous month were estimated at more than 100,000, or the equivalent of 10 German di- Wy Since the day of my birth I have lived my life in the open. Whatever Shortcomings I have are known to everyone—but disloyalty to my na- tive city, official dishonestly or cor- ruption form no part of these short- comings.—Mayor James J, Walker of New York, answering Seabury charges. eee Every drop of blood shed (in bonue army riots) can be laid directly on the threshold of the White House.— Walter W. Waters, “commander” of the Bonus army. se 8 It must be remembered that the land of Ireland... . was taken by force, stolen, one could truthfully say, from the rightful owners by English invaders, After a long struggle the English consented to let the Irish buy back their own lands at a high price. —Sean O'Kelly, vice president, Irish Free State. ee & T don’t what amendments. I don’t want an_ investigation.. I want to kick the devil out of the Farm Board. —Mrs. Ida Watkins, Kansas’ “wheat queen.” ee EEE | Barbs | id Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but all the Latin-American revoiutions seem to come AFTER a bond issuc Has been sold in the United States. x & Another advantage of having one’s eduction in the College of Hard Knocks is that you don't get a letter every so often asking if you will contribute your share AY BANDIT the BORDER: by*‘TOM = SYNOPSIS In the Mexican desert, a masked rider, his gun still warm, hides in the sheltering mesquite as the cav- alry ride past. They stop beside the prostrate figure of a man. “Lopez!” they exclaim, and a shiver runs through the group. A jeering laugh bursts down from above, and gazing up they see the masked rider out- lined against the sky. Across the border, tall and handsome Ted Rad- cliffe arrives at Verdi Junction. He is met by a pretty girl who drives him to the home of his friend, Bob Harkness. She leaves without giv- ing her name. CHAPTER IIL Lunch over, he went out to the corral where, in the shadow of the saddle house, a grizzled Mexican sat braiding a leather quirt. He touched his sombrero as Radcliffe ap- proached, “I am Manuel,” the Mexican an- . nounced in slow Spahish. “Can I serve the sefior?” “Just now, Manuel, the best of service would be a horse to ride. Will you saddle one?” But Manuel within the next few minutes saddled two horses, and, handing the reins of the larger ani- mal to Radcliffe, said casually, “Don Bob would not have the sefior ride alone on this, his first day.” Smiling, the big man nodded and they turned south toward the Mexi- can boundary, Radcliffe ahead, the old Mexican shuffling along at a tireless trot, while silently he told himself that the big Eastern gringo could at least ride. Presently they dropped down from the mesa into a little river val- ley which, Manuel told him, marked the Mexican line. Here they watered their horses, then crossed and bore sitll farther south into Mexico. To the left a ranchhouse appeared, from whose chimney a blue pencil of smoke pointed straight upward, bringing to the horsemen that sweet, acrid smell of burning mesquite. On either side little checkerboard fields of green told of spring’s coming, and of farm crops just breaking through the soil. They told, too, of toil and care in the face of adversity, and of unending battle waged against the desert’s stern hostility. It was an Outpost, that ranch, an outpost of man, the homemaker, invading the. desert. Beyond the water-tank’s mo- tionless windmill a few cattle rested after the day’s grazing. All the world was hushed. The benediction of a desert afternoon brooded over the land—the friendli- ness of tilled fields and human habi- tation. To Radcliffe, the utter peace of it held him. He was about to speak when a shrill scream pierced the stillness and straightened both men bolt up- right in their saddles. Again that agonized scréam, and from behind the ranchhouse a.barefoot peon boy fled toward them in shrill terror down the slope. Behind him two Mexican vaqueros ran clumsily in high-heeled boots, lashing the boy with their quirts, cutting through the thin shirt until again he screamed in an ecstasy of pain. With each stinging blow the boy leaped franti- cally into the air, and at each jump his pursuers laughed and struck again. Once he fell, but staggered to his fect beneath a hail of blows’ \ As Radcliffe spurred forward, the boy caught sight of him, and with redoubled speed made for the rider, Seizing his stirrup, he turned ip- ward a. suppliant face, revealing across his dark cheek the deep welt of a quirt. “Help me, sefior,” he cried in Spanish, and even as he spoke, the leading vaquero seized him and raised his quirt to strike again. the ground and the vaquero at the same instant, and in the next second the nearer Mexican rose in the air, turned twice, then sprawled face down upon the sand. In consterna- tion his companion halted, and after a moment of stupefied silence called to Manuel in Spanish, “Who is thi gringo fool that he interferes with the riders of Paco Morales?” Before Manuel could reply, Rad- cliffe himself answered. “Come ji a little nearer, amigo, and I will in- terfere yet again.” The giant muscles of his shoulders twitched as if eager to strike. The vaquero thoughtfully stepped back a pace. Gently Radcliffe spoke to the boy. “Why do they beat you?” “Because I watered my father’s cattle at the stream, sefior. They say the stream is low and that the water belongs to Paco Morales.” “Is this so?” He looked up at Manuel. The old Mexican shrugged, “The stream belongs to all. But the herds- men of Morales do not suffer others to use it.” “How can they prevent it?” Moodily Manuel nodded toward the vaqueros. “Paco Morales has more than a hundred riders. They shoot well and are unafraid. That is why men who are wise do not dispute them.” The boy’s frightened dyes looked up at his pursuers. “But' the water from our well has dried. Is it the eg God my father’s cattle should Twirling his quirt the vaquero laughed. “I am no priest. But cer- tainly it is not the will of Paco Mor- ales that you should use his water or his grass.” Again he scowled at Radcliffe. “Jito, our leades, will soon make this gringo regret he ever raised a hand against one of our riders,” Grimly Radcliffe smiled back. “If you would only come a little closer, I might make it two of your riders.” He raised the man to his feet and thrust him toward his comrade. “Get out,” he ordered briefly, “before I twist your neck.” the hill, and, reaching in his pocket, Radcliffe dropped a silver dollar into Peoa's band, But Manuel's ie sve A ae - COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE 02, INC. —~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES sywnicate ave’ “Get out,” he ordered briefly, Sullenly the Mexicans turned up| 1; GILL “before I twist your neck.” was troubled as they rode back to- ward the border. “It is not often, sefior, that one touches a herdsman of Jito’s band,” he said at last. Then, after a mo- ment's silence he chuckled alpud. “Qué va, how that carrion flew through the air!” He looked admir- ingly at the great muscular body and the thick neck. “But the fellow was will try to tear you apart “Do you think he could?” _ Again Manuel took in the big, tightly knit form, the arched chest, and arms like flexible steel. “Now, by Our Lady, I do not know,” he said doubtfully. “There is none on the border one half so strong as Jito. Caramba! It would be a fight worth living for.” In silence they rode slowly up the long slope toward the mesa, and Radcliffe, remembering his dinner appointment at the military post, touched spurs to his horse, reaching the ranchhouse full five minutes ahead of the perspiring Manuel, He hurried into his evening clothes just as an army car drew up before the bungalow, and was driven through a crimson desert sunset to the little cavalry post that lay on the outskirts of Verdi. Thirty-five years ago it had been a refuge against hostile Navahos in the days when Verdi it- self was a turbulent cow camp. But now for many a year the well-kept military reservation had dozed through a long, uneventful succes- sion of commanding officers. Before the quarters of the latest of these the car enero and Radcliffe read the sign over the vine-covered “L, R. Blount, Major, U. S, sie _it was Mrs, Blount who received him—Aunt Clara, he remembered, the girl had called her. From the first he liked this ous, middle-aged woman, Liksatne firm handshake, the keen, straight look and the deep restful voice, “I sent for you before the others.” She led him to the broad fireplace. “That was partly selfishness to have to myself the néw mysterious ar- tival And then I can describe the menagerie before it arrives. For, ike a perfect hostess, I’ve invited éverybody that matters—and several that don’t.” x} ab