The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1935, Page 6

lj ; t t The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER - Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D. and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck ‘a8 second class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W. Simons Editor Archie O. Johnson Secretary and Treasurer Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year + $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck). oe Te Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) ..........sssseeeesseeeees +++ 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . » 6.00 Weekly by mail in state, per year + 1.00 Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per ig year ... Weekly by mail in Canada, per year. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ase for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneour origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Inspiration for Today I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.—Psalms 6:6. eee | Sorrow’s crown of sorrow is remembering hap- | pier things.—Tennyson, Judged By Our Deeds, Few of Us Are Sane One of the reasons why reading the news- papers is a joy is the fact that every so often they pop up with a story like the one about the crazy man in Kankakee, Ill. It isn’t quite right to call him a crazy man, at that, because he seems to have had right good sense. But, anyway, he was confined in an asylum, having been sent there on petition of his father; and he finally won his freedom on a writ of habeas corpus after he had shown that, although supposedly off his base mental- ly, he had made $75,000 speculating in stocks. “No man,” remarked the judge, “can make that much money these days on the stock mar- ket and be insane.” So, logically enough, he adjudged the man sane and freed him. Solomon himself could hardly have turned in a sounder ruling. But if the judge’s stand- ard is to apply in all similar cases, we may be obliged to build rows upon rows of new asy- lums for the insane, for the ruling cuts both ways. That is to say, if you can figure a man’s mental capacity by the things he does, and not! by the way he responds to some psychiatrist’s tests, which of us is safe? How about the good American (whose name! is legion) who went to the stock market in September, 1929, when stocks were all set to fall over the cliff of their own weight, and bought heavily on margin in expectation of a continued rise? What section of the booby hatch does he occupy? How about the chap who believed all that talk about a new era of high prices, or the man who rushed forth to buy when the Rocke- fellers, shortly after the crash, announced that they were loading up with good common stocks? How about the man who innocently en- trusted his money to Mr. Insull, the lad who financed the Kreuger swindle, or the investor who bought Allegheny Corp. at 50? Or—to get away from the stock market— what shall we do with the citizen who figured that the way to get over the depression was to pretend that private charity could go right on handling the needs of 10,000,000 unemployed? What about the*men who find it logical to reduce the output of food at a time when mil- lions don’t have enough to eat? How about the people who want to see wages cut when we suffer from lack of purchasing power? Maybe we'd better not carry this sort of thing any farther. Once we start judging our mental capacity by the imbecilic things we do, we are apt to find ourselves parading off to the loony bin by platoons. So very, very few of the things we do these days make sense. The Spirit of Hallowe’en The record of human silliness sometimes makes strange reading. A chief petty officer in the U, S. navy sued for an| annulment of his marriage the other day and disclosed a story which, for pure and unadulterated goofiness, it would be hard to match anywhere. In 1930 he went to a Hallowe'en party. Bending over a tub, bobbing for apples, he met a girl. She looked good to him and he looked good to her; s0, inspired by the occasion, they left the party and got married. Then they returned to the party, lost each other in the shuffle—and never met again. And since that was, “five years ago, the sailor figures the marriage might —_— ehind the Scenes in Washington By WILLIS THORNTON @. Peace Societies’ Campaigns Gain New Momentum as War Rumblings Grow Louder ... It’s Hard to Get Public Steamed Up ... Newton Baker as Adroit as Ever... Looks as if Astor Will Get His Diplomatic Reward, eee Washington, Sept, 27.—With war headlines scream- ing at them every day, the peace societies are redoubling their efforts. The campaign of the National Council for the Prevention of War to raise a million dollars to propagate Peace is only one of several. There is World Peaceways, oe instance, whose work is looking up these perilous lays. People who ignore peace work for years will suddenly step up to the bat with a check when the troops are about ready to march. There are two interesting developments in the peace movement, however. One is the way the churches are taking it up, particularly the evangelical denominations, which used to be so hot for prohibition. By Armistice Day the Methodist, Baptist, Congrega- tional, and Christian churches will have completed a member-by-member canvass to determine the attitude of their members toward war under varying circum- stances. The energy that used to go into fighting the demon tum is now being turned against Mars, and the Anti- Saloon League's loss is the pacifist societies’ gain. The other development is the fact that the Na- tional Council for the Prevention of War is preparing to go direct to town in the coming congressional elec- tions, organizing by precinct, ward, and district to de- feat candidates who won’t subscribe to their peace pro- gram. This is the old Anti-Saloon League technique right back again, and presents one more jitter for can- didates for congress, eee NEED A WAYNE WHEELER This “peace action” program is so reminiscent of the days when Wayne Wheeler had half of congress jump- ing through his hoop that one wonders whether just such a forceful leader may arise in the interests of peace. The youthful Senator Holt is about to stump the country for peace, and arrangements are being made to stage demonstrations next spring just before the party conventions that can hardly fail to influence the party platforms that will be in the making then. eee IT’S TOUGH SLEDDING Educating for peace is like all educating—discourag- ing work at times. The Quaker Frederick J. Libby of the NCPW ran smack into this one during a poll being taken at the Rochester State Fair recently. The question was “Shall the United States join the League of Nations on terms of the Pope resolution, which provides that we shall not be obliged to use armed force to support the league?” The author of this plan is, of course, Senator Pope of Idaho, currently in Europe and sounding off after each day's crisis. Two questionnaire-answerers had evidently never heard of the senator. One answered, “No, I won't vote. I don’t see any reason for bringing the Pope into this.” The other opined, “I think the Pope's judgment is very good.” eee BAKER STILL ADROIT Newton D. Baker has lost neither his adroitness nor his courtliness since retiring from public office. At a recent meeting here of a commission of the American Council on Education to study and make recommenda- tions on a better program for youth, Baker was ap- proached by reporters for a statement. He demurred, protesting, “If you want to talk to someone really distinguished, you'd better talk to Mrs. Fisher.” * He referred to Dorothy Canfield Fisher, author of “The Bent Twig,” “The Brimming Cup,” and many other novels, who is the latest Mterary light to turn to public service by asserting that she is willing to give all her time to the work of this commission if necessary. eee ASTOR SET FOR REWARD Vincent Astor, famous as the yacht-owning friend of President Roosevelt, is again rumored in line for his reward in the form of a high diplomatic post.... August set an all-time record for visitors to Washing- ton—estimated at 312,031, with not one special attrac- tion to draw them, The Friday the 13th jinx is still gravely regarded in some circles... . The colored Elks had chartered a steamship on that date at Alexandria for an annual excursion ... not until the boat stood at the wharf ready for passengers was the date noticed on the tickets ... and not one passenger would take a chance; the boat left empty. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) With Other . Reprinted to show what they say. We may or may not agree with them. | Casey at the Bat (Minneapolis Tribuney Whether the poem immortalized De Wolf Hopper, or De Wolf Hopper immortalized the poem may be a matter for debate, but so long as “Casey at the Bat” is recited, it will always be associated with the venerable actor who died in Kansas City on Monday. The older generation of theater-goers will suspect that Hopper deserves to be remembered as a lusty stage comedian who ranked among the best. of his day; still there is no denying that his fame, in later years, hung dangerously on a single bit of doggerel. An obscure individual named Ernest L. Thayer composed the bleed- ing lyrics which set forth the shame of “mighty Casey” but Hopper monopolized them bag and baggage. No one but Hopper could make a national calamity of Casey's sandlot strikeout; none could cast the hapless slugger of Mudville in such heroic mould, nor recite the melancholy details of his meteoric fall from glory with such tremulous emotions. i From champion to chump with one last desperate flailing of the air; that was the saga of Mudville’s Ruthian slugger who let the home town down, and De Wolf ‘Hopper seasoned it with tenderness, savored it with humor, and brought it, some 13,000 times, to its brutal, tragic close. Now that Hopper is dead, Casey may live on, but , We shall hear much less of him, In time, we suspect, he will become an ordinary busher who dubbed a golden opportunity, and Mudville will take its place, in memory, as just another cross-roads town. But while Hopper lived Casey was an epic figure, and Mudville was the center of the baseball universe, The veteran comedian never tired of reciting the tragedy of Casey, and to his audiences the details of that catastrophic strikeout which wrenched the hearts of Mudville’s fans were ever new. To De Wolf Hopper “Casey at the Bat” was simply an incident in a long and highly successful stage career; yet that undistinguished poem, oddly enough, gave him his greatest claim to national distinction. There is no joy in Mudville today, beyond a shadow of doubt; for the partnership of Casey and. Hopper, which gave it bright renown, has been finally dissolved by death. Coming events cast their shadows before. Ethio- plan-black Joe Louis knocked out Italian Primo Carnera, then just to prove it was no fluke bounced Max Baer out of the picture. Promptly, Emperor Haile Selassie mobil- izes his army. North Dakota Taxes Raised By Levy, states headline. And we always thought anyone by that name would cut ¥ 4 Your Personal Health ‘. ‘By William Brady, M. D. * F questions pertaining to health but not dis- shi’ or aegosale, nweite ers preny, ‘and in ink, Address Dr. . Brady in care of The Tribune, All queries must be accompanied &@ stamped, self-uddressed envelope. BAROMETRIC. AND, BLOOD PRESSURES Pe Tt always gives me a hit of a pain in the neck to hear obstinate old ‘ wiseacres. tell how sensitive they are to changes of weather. Unless I get right away they are pretty certain to come at me next thing with the posi- ¥ tive assurance that they, at any rate, certainly catch cold from dampness or draughts ... and it makes me feel so egregiously young and inex- perienced. However, I am here to interpret modern medicine to the public to the best of my ability.. Know, then, that a furriner named Adrio Mateo, a Spaniard, I guess, but a good doctor anyway, has found that there is a relation between atmospheric pressure as bs say, and a moderately elevated blood Pressure should be in such a condition, if com- petent circulation is to be maintained) is likely to feel bad when the baro- meter rises and his arterial pressure drops to around normal, because his circulatory system hasn’t the elasticity or resiliency to compensate for this dl Likewise a dignified party who never rolls any somersaults or on his head or kicks up his heels is pretty sure to grouse about a change of ‘| weather, because so much of his blood stagnates in his splanchnic that his circulation readjusts itself with difficulty of the change of ressure, * Come to think of it, one with the rheumatiz couldn’t roll somersaults or stand on his head’ or kick up his heels, couldé’ he? But that’s. his luck, I’ve been urging the somersault nonsense on folks here for People who do not heed need complain that I didn’t warn recommend medicine unless roll my own, and no fooling. ver in it myself. ‘This somersault comment is mine, Dr. Mateo confined his to.the ambient barometric pressure and the arterial pressure. His observa- tions indicate thmt the clinician and the meteorologist should work which are now obscure. In noting variations of blood pressure physicians must take into consideration synchronous barometric readings, in making diagnoses and checking the effects of treatment, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ait Makes Head Ache I am.-36, apparently in good health, but if there is a window open in the office, even though there is no direct draft on me, I get a headache “Si unless I wear @ cap or hat that is tight. Usually one nostril becomes stop- ped up and ‘then the headache begins on that side. In summer I suffer More because windows are open everywhere, Can't sit outside without ahaton, (Mr. F. P.) Answer—Description suggests migrainous basis. Try three months cal- cium medication, vitamin D, sunlight or ultraviolet radiation from lamp. r Send stamped addressed envelope for letter on headache, Inclose dime for booklet “Building Vitality.” s *“ | DOLITICS | ese NATION'S CAPITOL By HERBERT PLUMMER ‘Washington — Aside from their personal staffs no one has a better opportunity to observe and study members of congress at close range than does that group of men known as the official reporters of debates. There are six in each house and all are veterans. In the senate, for example, Daniel B. Lloyd has a rec- ord of more than 50 years of serv- ice, James W. Murphy more than 30, Percy E. Budlong more than 20, and John Rhodes, and Jim Wick more than 10 each. Their fund of information con- cerning senators and representa- tives and their oratorical habits is limitless, Senator Norris of Nebraska, for instance, never has asked for a tran- script of his speeches for revision be- fore they appear in the Congressional Record. “You boys make a better speech for me than I really make myself,” he once told them. ’ * * * Correct Congressmen That’s a very important part of their job, too. While’ some might assume a man elected to congress has a good command of English, the reporters never take it for granted. They exercise the greatest care to a lor Arizona and William King of Utah jest tdiker he ever reported. His flow |Jjhave the best speaking voices from the standpoint of their ability to/uniform as humanly possible, catch every word, Of these, Jim Wick picks Hiram Johnson as his favorite. He thinks ithe California senator is the steadi- make sure that however faulty in other respects a member’s speech might be, at least in the Record it is grammatically correct. Thus recently when a senator, in defending a colleague, became high- ly excited and roared: “I approve of what he done and why he done it,” he suffered no embarrassment when he read his remarks. had seen to that. Sometimes diplomacy must be used. A member of the house in a speech once said: “That happened to he and I.” The reporter changed it to read: “That happened to him and to me.” But when the represen- tative read his speech later and noted the change, he put it back to “He and I.” But the reporter had the last chance at the transcript. Before the speech went to the printer, it finally was corrected to read: “He and I had that happen to us.” The correct word must be used whether the speaker uttered it or not. Once a senator picked up a law book while speaking and said: “I direct the attention of senators to this case.” The reporter changed the word “direct” to “invite.” His reason was that no senator can direct another senator, but he can invite his attention. * # & Johnson Is Favorite According to senate reporters, Hiram Johnson of California, Joe Robinson of Arkansas, Henry Ashurst FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: The reporters | Meat Please advise me on preparing dinners omitting meat from all menus. Is. it safe and advisable for healthy people to do without meat in their . diet? We eat whole wheat bread (we grind our own wheat for it, and the bread is delicious), rice, macaroni, cheese in various forms, vegetables, fruits. (Mrs. C. G. R.) Answer—I should not advise it, though any one can do perfectly well, so far as health is concerned, without meat, provided he gets milk, cheese and eggs and has wheat to eat, as you do. BLUE DOOR BEGIN HERE TODAY = ‘Two young officers, about to be @ent overseas, go to spend brict farloughs with their families. BRIAN CHALMERS goes te a oa latial home where he sees wife. GWEN, and their 2-year-old child, ELAINE. GEORGE WOoD- si goes to his modest little home for a visit with his ad wife, ELEANOR, and his baby, RUTH. Each man makes the wish {hat his child will have “whatever of words per minute is just about as It has been estimated that 163,- 000,000 trees were planted in the United States during 1934, almers is nding fashionable “Graycastle ewe” in the east and at a se- meeting ef “The Terrible ‘Ten! deca! tion of love from it swee: heart, John MeNeill of Worth- ville, whom she has not seen since childhood, * NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VII A HARASSED looking person, whose name was Jane Emer- son and whose duties were secre- tarial, rapped softly on the door of the most imposing suite in the}! Graycastle dormitories, . = Reaslt ames sors Rath paused. on the verge of sleep to plan how she would slip awcy in within. The invitation eame from | out, “and enough biue-stocking col- Madame Leshk, the school’s dean, pagel rmpi Ger agg ed a 's a yest cos sisreid ilps enyee fH ‘opuntsy, eft Let us dou- es Esherson had entered ii our charges, do away with she dropped wearily into a chair | scholastic entrance requirements, and kicked off her slippers. “Well,” baie caper course, ne ve cane Seen fed. aietien Teo ta, In . time s diploma from Graycastle the birch grove, and I, crouched | win) be more eagerly sought than a there in the dark for an hour, lis-/ presentation at Saint James’!” tening to them.” She seemed in- cpt finitely depressed. Madame Leshki, a tall, thin, commanding woman with white hair, nodded approvingly. .“Your feet are wet,” she replied soothing- ly. “Come nearer the hearth. I had the fire built especially for you.” ‘She made her visitor comfortable with the typical wiles of a Euro Dean woman who has an ax to grind. “I have hot water ready for tea. And some very nice sand- wiches and caviar,” she added im- Pressivety. “Don’t think you can cheer me up by feeding me,” been in love with Blaine’s father|door. I'd have brought in her youth? Well, no matter|and named them, “I saw each face by flashlight.” ‘ “Our school’s beauties, as it hap- “Madame. pens,” remarked cage Miss are bid z side of the house.” the stairs, making a ter as he went. Ruth's “It doesn’t just Emerson told her. ai WEEE [ ine a A 8 i E a i 8 s f if FY & i it E i EF] i a ¥38 g E 3 z 3 co i { TE ei g § 3 WH 3 § 38 j : i i | i zs i i you're grimly mistaken, my and employer!” “It’s for the good of the student body that you did this, dear Jane,” Madame said reagonabl; , Fl Fy le i i ive S38 58 iE abit sales ag FEE