The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1934, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) __ etieatee Published by The Bismarck Trib- ‘une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and (entered at the postoffice at Bismarck (@8 second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher __. __Sratine ened Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Dally by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year (in Bis- marck) Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) sf Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . 6.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year 1. Weekly by mail in state, three years ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year 1 ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, pe 2. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation “Member of The Associated Prese ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of Spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Crime Can Be Halted By Being Exposed ‘The crime problem, like the poor, fs one of those things that always are with us. A great many citizens have expended much honest labor in recent years trying to find out just why ‘and how the underworld man- ges to get its steady stream of youthful recruits; and often enough some investigator reports that one big reason is the fact that news- papers give so much space to crime news. This isn't ® new charge, to be fure; but it is heard fairly fre- quently, and it has bothered a number of high-minded and conscientious folk. An excellent answer is to be found in testimony given not long ‘ago before the Senate sub-committee on racketeering by Dr. Carleton Gimon of New York, associated with the New York police force for the last 35 years, as criminologist. ‘The task of uncovering the elem- ents that create crime, says Dr. Simon, “is made greater and more difficult by the vast confusion of public thought” which arises from this effort to hold newspaper crime stories culpable. Some people, remarks Dr. Simon, demand that every medium of intel- ligence, education, and entertainment be made completely harmless to the subnormal mind of the delinquent child. And it does not take the doc- tor long to carry this thesis to its logical—and absurd—conclusion. Details of a train wreck, vividly presented, would be too harrowing for a sensitive adolescent mind. ‘Therefore—let the press keep silent about all wrecks on land or sea. Murder stories affect those with strong homicidal tendencies. There- fore—let no newspaper ever mention @ny murder case. Congressional debates, with their mud-slinging and partisan criticism, can give a child a dangerous con- tempt for political institutions, Hence ‘we must have no more reports of the activities of Congress, no more ex- Posures of malfeasance in office or of derelictions of duty by public of- Aicials. And Dr. Simon remarks: “A truly comprehensive research of the causes of crime requires a study of every influence, good or bad, brought to bear on our youth Heredity, parental guidance and home life, physical influence, associa- tion, school and church influences must all play their part. “We cannot hope to solve the prob- Jem of crime in relation to youth by, drawing the curtain down upon crime.” Mr. Lewis Explodes a Queer Notion ‘The critical gentlemen who tell us ‘what books are worth reading seem to have been put on something re- fembling a spot by Sinclair Lewis, Nobel prize winner. Mr, Lewis just has written a new ee ee ses oe tes Id, to sing the praises of the American business man, He presents two characters, a ho- fel man and a playwright, and makes fF E i Eps aie sie Te H queer and illogical notion, to-wit: That even the most mediocre and talentless of writing persons is en- titled, by the very nature of things, to look down with contempt on the most able and devoted of business men, ‘We have been assured that the man who follows one of the arts, even if he does it without skill and without spirit, is a more admirable and valuable chap than the man who puts in his licks in the marts of trade. All that Mr. Lewis has done, in this 20)new novel of his, is to bestow a oo|hearty razzberry on this queer no- tion and demonstrate that there is nothing in it. A Shakespeare, to be sure, is worth .59|more to the race than a Rockefeller. But does it follow that every fourth- 50/rate scribbler is basically a finer and nobler chap than the man who Is out on the firing line in the world of business, working his heart out on a job whose rewards won't be anywhere near commensurate with the effort he puts forth? The business man has been a tar- get for the scribblers almost long enough. It ts a good thing to see Mr. Lewis breaking a lance in his behalf. His Friends Mourn Him Few individuals in North Dakota Public life had as many warm, per- sonal friends as the late Senator Prank Hyland, who is being buried today at Devils Lake. Many disagreed with his ideas on public policy but they liked him per- Sonally just the same, even though he always refused to compromise his views. His warm smile, ready per- sonal sympathy and big heart took care of that, That he was a valuable citizen none will deny, for he always direct- ed his efforts toward a better state and a better community. In the realest sense he was a builder—of men as well as of things—and it is because of that fact that he prob- ably would like to be remembered. For Prank Hyland was a very hu- man individual and interested in the People about him. Nothing gave him greater pleasure than to assist a young man or woman to advance. He was always ready to help. Could there be a finer epitaph? A Simple Idea Works A convict in California's Folsom Prison, according to press dispatches, has invented a method of making hydrogen at a cost about one forty- fifth of the present one, The man did his job in a small room off the warden’s office, it is said, using a make-shift apparatus composed chiefly of four salad dress- ing jars, a single dry cell, and some odds and ends of tubing and so on. Engineers who have examined his method believe it may revolutionize the hydrogen industry. ‘ We have no notion whether this will be the case, and the price of hydrogen doesn’t affect us much, anyhow—but somehow we hope it all works out as these optimistic reports say. It’s the kind of story that ought to be true, even if it isn’t. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. The Gentlemen of the Bar (Williams County Farmers Press) President Roosevelt's sharp repri- mand to attorneys who trade on their Position as Democratic party officials at Washington to enhance their per- sonal gain at their profession, turns attention to the subject of attorneys in general. As a profession, lawyers don’t get a very large share of public respect. And probably the reason for that is that they are more concerned with the letter of the law than the spirit of the law. At least it looks that way to the layman. Jessie James with a pistol in each hand was much kinder than many of the brethern of the bar. compensation from the municipality he served, The municipality agreed to settle, Some way or other she was talked into taking the case to court and won a larger award than the city offered. But the attorney took nearly half the sum in fees. The widow was ill advised to go lowed it, and he also must have to court t is fi 5 Hi i R. z Hl Hate we i E Fay THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 1934 Need for More Postal Regulations ‘T SOMETHING DONE sour THIS self-addressed envelope is enclosed. HYPOPITUITARY OBESITY Tt may be that these types of obe- sity due to deficient ductless gland function are congenital, that is, the glandular deficiency is present at birth but the effects become mani- fest only after a lapse of years. In the type of obesity due to failure of the pituitary gland function the girl or young woman, perhaps all in a few weeks, acquires a girdle of fat around the hips and across the middle of the back, and fat pads above the knee on the inside of the thigh and perhaps about the lower third of the leg. “Piano legs.” At the same time the face, neck and the upper half of the body seem almost emaciated, by com- parison with the lower half, except that there is likely to be an unsightly pad of fat on the upper arm. There, there. That's enough. The chief characteristic of hypopituitary obesity is the disproportion between the upper half and lower half of body, and especially the disprepor- tion between the waist and hip meas- urements. The perfect feminine fig- ure has @ waist measurement of 29 inches and a hip measurement of 40 inches (woman aged 30, 65 inches tall). Perhaps I should say rather the conventional feminine figure—it is an arbitrary ideal arrived at by measuring Greek statues and modern women. The average of 58,000 in- sured women was height, 64 inches; weight, 133 pounds. To bring about not only reduction but redistribution.of fat is the pur- pose of treatment in these cases of PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions, Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. sortment of home grown diets for our’ customers to choose from, it will be in order to look over the vitamin and calory situation, get the physiological lowdown about mineral food, and then Proceed with confidence. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ten Per Cent Commission In one of your answers you sug- gested that @ person complaining of acid stomach should avoid seasoned sauces, catsup, mustard, vinegar, to- matoes, oranges, grapefruit, cheese, nuts, tea, coffee, beer and pastries. To settle a $20 bet kindly tell me whether oranges, grapefruit, ‘lemons and other citrus fruits do not actual- Bg arene Or oppose acidity? (McG. Answer—No, they tend to stimulate increased secretion of gastric juice. You have confused excessive acidity in the stomach, with the reaction of the blood and tissues. The citrus fruits tend to prevent or oppose “acidosis,” which is the term mean- ing abnormal lowering of the con- stant alkalinity of blood and tissues. Citrus fruits or their juices or bev- erages are excellent for reducing ex- cessive acidity of the urine. My com- mission for settling bets is 10 per cent of the winnings, On such easy terms obviously I cannot undertake to settle bets where the stake is less than 10 berries, nor where the stake is other than the standard medium of exchange. For instance, if a gen- tleman bets his wife two dozen kisses about something they must look else- hypopituitary obesity. In some cases this is best accom- plished by hormone, endocrine, duct- less gland treatment alone. In other diet and exercise will give satisfac- tory results without any medication. In most cases, however, a judicious combination of dieting, exercise and glandular therapy is advisable. In any case it is a job for a doctor, and the doctor must be a good one. Don’t go way mad. I’m going to offer several tried and true diets when we get around to that part of the course. No freak or fad stuff, though. If you’re looking for Holly- wood hokum or propaganda for the fruit raising and importing industry, try elsewhere. Just to give you an idea and a little encouragement let me say that it is ® scientific fact and not a mere as- sumption that an individual may gain 20 pounds in a year by eating one extra slice of bread and butter each day, say as a bedtime snack or @ between meals indulgence. By the same token an individual may re- duce 20 pounds @ year by eating one slice of bread and butter less than his ordinary habit, Ah, but what is the poor girl to do who has periodic seizures of rav- enous craving for candy or sweets of one kind or another? That girl four or five meals, all lighter than ordinary meals. On such a regimen she will not suffer those intense long- ings which lead to veritable orgies of overstuffing with all sorts of food— foers ore -setilement, Cn .ciejciner Well, Why Not Give Him Air? «+. just had a lapsé of conscious- ten to me... (Mrs, H. W. D.) Answer—Pumping his arms to’ say| | good bye? Ignorance is always over- officious in such emergencies. How about YOU, reader? If some one dear to you needs resuscitation night are you competent to the little service? who is not nights? Send a dime envelope bearing your ask for booklet on “Resuscitation.” (Schaefer’s prone pressure) and NOT the faulty method taught by the Red Cross and other pretty picture insti- tutions. (Copyright, 1934, John F. Dilie Oo.- | Former Queen | HORIZONTAL 1 Who is the royal lady in the picture? 22 Musical drama, [ONE] 13 Farewell. 14 To accumulate. [E] 16 Domesticated. 17 Agitates. 19 Any long tube. fF 20 Dyewood tree. 21 Jellyfish. 23 Kindled. 24 Oil (suffix). 25 Chaos, 26 You and me. 28Sun god. 54 Heaths, 29God of love. _§5 Egg-shaped, 31 River in Egypt 56 Convex 33 Hops kiln, molding. 34 Driving 58 Fifth month, command. 59To diminish, 35 Shea. 60 Her monarchy 36 To affirm. ended with 38 Before Christ. 39 Tone B, 40 Second note. 41-Above. 43 Greek letter. 52 Mesh. 61 After which she was ——, VERTICAL 46 Passage under 1 Shoulder of a an arch, $2 Since. bastion. 2 Black-headed we IRV bo Nad TT od el Ns PN Pts le 17 South Carolina n 28 Spain (abbr.), I] IN (a PIIVIS CH ISIT SEAR ‘ao Sid AVE MMEIA 9 Little devil. the —— ——,10End of a dress 49 Twisted. coat, * 80 Like. 11To long. 51 Grandparental 12 Her son, —— 53 Measure of © is to cloth. 88 Sash. hair, ra Sid naan N AAI | Te] H {permanent power with the secretary ier of the treasury. ‘SNOWBIEDS’ PESTER NRA “Bnowbirds” are one thing to of- floials who deal with the drug traf- fio and another to ja the Popping in hearings on bituminous coal code operation, they to be miners and others out- A professor is a professor, even be- fore @ senate committee. Accustom- ed to impart and elucidate learning, the New Deal type preserves the class- manner. The mysterit Warren, bill. bothered couldn’t de doused. of gray. NOW YOU KNOW Speaker Rainey: Prof. Roosevelt's ought to get his pants pressed. i ‘he sailed serenely and jmperturbably | through the senate banking and cur- rency committee's hearing on the gold | Private comment on the gold bill: “Certainly ass it. Nobody here knows what ite about.” It.’ Senator Carter Glass of Virginias ak don't know a damn thing about this bill, but I ee x vital more than ‘Warren knows about it. Roosevelt: “No human being cas tell how we should operate the stabil» ization fund ae we've had some xperience with it.” c (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) peagnceae ae We are past the notion that dis |plomacy means sharp dealin \Honesty, rather than cunning an astuteness, always has triumphed. |Ruth Bryan Owen, U. 8. minister to | Denmark. Frankly, I have had my fill of art, It's all very well in its way, but there's an entirely different fascination to pictures—Lionel Atwill, stage and screen star. “BLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: George F.) gold adviser, But Neither the presence nor questions of two former treasury secretaries on the committee—Glass and McAdoo— | Warren, whose sly grin, He might have been telling the! yarn about Goldilocks and the Three | theories, but senators weren't man- | aging to shoot any holes in him. It was easy to see how he might have sold himself to Roosevelt. He is medium-sized, with steel- rimmed spectacles, and carries pen- cils, pen, comb, and other truck in his outer breast pocket. He wears a, pointed stiff collar and his hair, suit, | maar and socks are about the same | to think she’s the only pebble. on the beach. | | | It takes lots of sand for a girl | by Allene Corliss COPYRIGHT BY ALLENE CORLISS ¢ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE INC. 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