The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1936, Page 6

pared THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, The Bismarck Tribune An independent Newspaper f THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismrack Tribune Company Bis- gmarck, N, D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mal! matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth Sec'y-Tre Simons Archie O. Johnson and Editor Vice Pres. and Gen'l Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier per year Daily by mai) per year (in Bismarck) . Daily by mail per year (in state outside o! Daily by mail outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state per year : Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Cireulation Member of the Associated Press tated Press ts exclusively entitled to the use for republica tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Rewepaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein ‘All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Still Land of the Free America isn’t perfect but it is so much better than other nations as a place to live and rear a family that there is hardly, any comparison, Compare it, for xample, with either the dictatorships or dhe other democracies and your heart will thrill at realization that this still is a “sweet land of liberty.” England and France, the other great democracies, are having their troubles. When the king of England can create a furore by taking an interest in the welfare of poor people, as he did recently, Britain has a long way to go before it approaches our standard of interest in the common weal. The trouble started, it seems, when the monarch promised to “do some- thing” for the folk whom he visited and his ministers felt that he should have consulted with them before making such a com- mitment. In France a large number of people adhere to the methods, if not the ideas, of royalty and fear is the dominant note in the national consciousness. Only in the Scandinavian countries does freedom of thought and action approach that which we enjoy, and in that area hu- man opportunities are limited by both climate and the paucity of natural resources. Russia’s resources have been exploited less extensively than is true of any other large region’in the temperate zone, but here the dictatorship of Communism rules and the height of ambition for most persons is to become a member of “the party” ‘or ruling clique which, two million strong, dominates the coun- try. In Italy boys are enrolled in the juvenile Fascist army when they are six and continue in it until they reach manhood, when they become full-fledged members, The Italian mother is frankly given to understand that the end of man is to take part in and, if need be, to die in we In Germany the same condition prevails. Mass propaganda in each nation warps the intellects of the people, stimulates dreams of conquest and glory yather than of self-development, peace and a full life. They may prefer their situation to our own, but it hardly seems that way. If the immigration bars were let down it is probable that as many Italians, Germans and Russians as the dictators would permit to leave soon would be knocking on our doors and that the influx of Frenchmen and Englishmen would be far above the present quotas. Unforeseen Effects Perhaps the most far-reaching benefit of the new social security act will come from the effort of employers to stabilize employment, according to a survey by the National Industrial Conference board. Because of the tax provisions in the new law, employers find it to their advantage to give steady employment to as many of their regular workers as possible “whether or not they are interested in lightening the worries of their employes,” a study by the board reveals. On the other hand, it also finds that industrial concerns find it advisable to keep their working forces as small and com- pact as possible, thus reducing the opportunities for employ- ment. Some big industrial concerns already have experimented with private unemployment benefit systems and these have proved strong deterrents to hasty requisitions for additional labor because of the penalty imposed when the worker later is laid off. Over a long period the result of these developments may be changes in the American industrial picture not contemplated in the social security act itself. While it will encourage employ- ment stabilization it also will tend to make it more difficult to get a job, since the antithesis of employment stabilization is a system where easy hiring and firing are the rule. Practical Idea Women have a way of going to the heart of a question and if it interests them they do something about it. Take, for example, the problem created by the uneconomic use of our resources and their exploitation over a long period of years. The clubwomen of America knew about this situation and decided to take a hand in it. Under a deal with the U. 8. forest servcie they now are contributing hard cash to this effort. For $2.50 an acre they get from 800 to 1,000 trees per acre planted on sites furnished by the forest service. The sum paid goes mostly for labor. As a result thousands of acres of young trees now, are being cared for jointly by the forest service and the clubwomen in a joint effort to create a better America and husband our nat- ural resources. If all men had the same attitude the result would be a bene- fit to the country. A convict is bitter at the state of North Carolina because he was pre- for the electric chair, and reprieved, seven times. But think of all P eee ° “A New Yorker invites friends for a game of cards in a plane.” If one of them wants to leave when he's winning, it’s probably okeh with the ‘An siitbotity says sle is good for fever. We knéw champagne was, ar alte man “There are 18 games called football.” Several of them can be seen at ‘one time by a flask-toting collegian. eee _ Jean Harlow tells us what she would do if she were a man. But what yeoner Rudy. Vallee punched a customer after's bottle had been thrown yas wuplres have learned to ignore these occupstional hasards, in 1913, Behind the Scenes Washington Speaker's Gavel Will Go to Bankhead, With Real Battle Over Floor Leader Post . . . Two Leading Contenders Are Rayburn and O'Connor .. . Both Have Proved Their Ability, but New Dealers Prefer Militant Texan. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspundent) Washington, Dec, 3.—The Hon. Will Bankhead of Alabama will be chosen without opposition as speaker of the next house of representatives. Yet the capital buzzes with off-the-rec- ord discussions of the “speakership fight.” The reason for that terminology is that Mr. Bankhead has been, is, and is expected to be in poor health. Win- ner of the bitter battle for the Demo- cratic floor leadership will not only be carrying a large piece of the speaker- Ship load; he also will be considered likely to succeed Bankhead at an early date, The contest already has its whisper- ing campaigns, plus evidence of an- other outcropping of the old war- fare between New Deal and “power trust.” Outstanding candidates for the ma- jority leadership are the Hon, Sam Rayburn of Texas, chairman of the house interstate commerce committee, and the Hon. John J. O'Connor of New York, chairman of the House rules committec. Rankin of Mississippi, McCormack of Massachusetts, Boland of Pennsyl- vania, Mead of New York, and War- ren of North Carolina are mentioned, but none of them is expected to have @ look-in unless a bitter Rayburn- O'Connor deadlock develops. ee *% Edge Given Rayburn Rayburn currently is given the edge because Roosevelt is understood to favor him, because he outranks O'Connor in seniority by many years, and because he is somewhat more popular than the Tammany man. Nevertheless, there’s a house tradi- tion that the leadership should go to a northerner when the speaker is from the south. The issue will be de- cided at a Democratic house caucus shortly before congress convenes on Jan, 3, Rayburn has made a conspicuous record in handling such New Deal Measures as the stock market and se- curities act, the communications act, and the public utilities holding com- panies act. The White House crowd would like to reward him as well as to have him take the job of han- dling the unwieldy Democratic house majority. The Texan is 54 years old, bald, short, and stocky, genial and fast, both mentally and physically, Born in Tennessee and moved to Texas in childhood, he went from law prac- tice to the Texas legislature and be- came speaker of its house before he was 30. He has a farm near Bonham, Tex., and is a bachelor. * OK OK Foe of Lobbyists Rayburn took his seat in congress In 1917 he handled the war risk insurance legislation and after the war fought proposals for govern- ment control of railroads while in- sisting that the I. C. C. have the rate- making power—a key to his balanced Position between radicalism and con- servatism today. In 1932 he became pre-convention campaign manager for his friend Jack Garner and in the last four years has established himself as a Strong debater and parliamentarian. He has stood like a rock against lob- byists. A mark of administration favor was his appointment as chairman of the Democratic speakers’ bureau for the recent campaign. O'Connor, 51, also is keen, shrewd, and able, a Phi Beta Kappa man at Brown university and graduate of Harvard Law school. He also is short and stocky, with sparse sandy hair and a fighting Irish face, ready smile, and caustic tongue. He is married and has four boys. He came to Washington from the New York legislature in 1925 to take the Tammany seat previously held by W. Bourke Cochran. He is an adept parliamentarian and last year dem- onstrated his effectiveness as acting floor leader. Brother of Roosevelt's former law partner, Basil O'Connor, he deserted Al Smith for Roosevelt in 1932 and was re-elected in 1934 with F. D. R.'s help despite considerable Tammany opposition. Last spring he threatened to kick Father Coughlin down the capitol steps, but apologized. As rules committee chairman he has held the third most powerful post in the house. * * Opposed By New Dealers New Dealers oppose O'Connor, as- serting he has been effective on the floor, but has often balked the ad- ministration back-stage. His refusal to let the holding cqmpany “death sentence” come to a record vote and dealings with H. C. Hopson of Asso- ciated Gas & Electric while the sen- ate lobby committee was looking for Hopson are cited against him. He also voted against elimination of the two-thirds rule after the New York delegation had voted unanimous- ly for ending the rule. Rumor says he won't receive full support of the Tammany delegation and some members will oppose his candidacy now because his victory would mean Cabath of Illinois would take the rules chairmanship, a pros- pect relished by few. The O'Connor faction whispers that the New Yorker's religion is being used against him and the Rayburn faction says O'Connor is inventing that story as a sympathy plea. But word goes down the line that Roose- velt wants Rayburn because he feels he can depend on him and wants somebody who can simultaneously sell upcoming New Deal legislation to southern conservatives, work with northern progressives, and stand up against Wall Street lobbyists. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service Inc.) | BARBS T An Illinois woman has lived for five years with half a brain. Could she have been the one who drove into, 5 wee se ‘Three thousand families are waiting in Alaska, but ‘You Can’t Kill the Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs!” = OUT THE TRICK IS TO GET IT TO LAY THE EGGS IN THE RIGHT PLACES. By William Brady, M. D. hut, not aise raining, to Dap Address DE briefly and in Dr. Brady will answe: it be accompanied by & or diagnosis. Writ ters in Dare Bf. ‘The Tribune, All queries mus! eelf-addressed envelope. Bi i stamped, {UMONIA ROBUSTNESS AND PNE! iy regarded as the Muscular development, strength or brawn was former] picture of health, even by physicians, and so foday many layinen eae the development of muscle is the way to health, The truth is, age one requires extraordinary muscular development for & special purpose, tee muscles are a handicap, a constant drain on energy, and render one rai less agile and less efficient. dividuals far as susceptibility to umonis, is concerned, robust in . are a kely to contract thes Gimase fas are ordinary or muscularly weak in: dividuals. 365 Young adults who are underweight, and adults of mature age (over » who are overweight seem both more susceptible to pneumonia and ted or able of winning the battle when they have pneumonia. The underwelg) c younger adults and the overweight of older adults are both metabolic or ni tritional disorders and are 80 in determining life expectation. In his famous “Practice of Medicine,” Dr. William Osler said: “Pneu- monia may well be called the friend of the aged. Taken off by it in te acute, short, not often painful illness, the old man escapes those ‘cold grada- tions of decay’ so distressing to himself and his friends.” Sir ‘William cher- ished the view which was conventional then (40 years ago), that “we see the disease occur promptly after a wetting or # chilling or come on after an ordinary catarrh of one or two days duration. Cold is now regarded simply as a factor in lowering the resistance of the bronchial and pulmonary tis- sues.” But another remark Osler included in the chapter on pneumonia foreshadows new light on the subject: “‘The frequent occurrence of an initial chill has been one reason for the wide-spread belief that cold is a factor of pneumonia.” Osler also remarked that pneumonia prevails equally in hot and cold countries, is rather more prevalent in the southern than in the northern states and is more frequent in March than in January the coldest month of the year. From the brief paragraph on prevention of pneumonia it is evident that Osler accepted the belief that the victim is attacked by pneumococci which are constantly present in the nose or throat secretions, lying in walt, as it were, for the victim to get his feet wet or change his shirt! No one enter- tains this theory today, although it. still serves the nostrum mongers and charlatans in good stead. Newer knowledge of immunity dispels the morbid notion that many or most persons carry germs which may presently destroy their own hosts, That simply doesn’t happen. Actually it appears that individual susceptibility to or immunity from pneumonia cannot be gauged by such familiar factors as muscular strength, athletic training and hardening from habitual exposure to cold. The ques- tion depends rather on individual physical fitness, which is determined chiefly by nutritional condition and to a certain degree by muscular or ath- letic training. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Salt Air ‘Will the salt air along the coast turn my hair grey? ... (D. 8. G.) Answer—No. Suitable odin ration advisable for any one whose hair begins to turn gray too early. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monographs, “Iodin Ration” and “Care of Hair.” (Copyright, 1936, John F, Dille Co.) A the kindly. words on earth.” “Well,” she replied, “just before he died Joe turned to me and said, “Mary, if you ever kiss another man ‘urn over in my Pete: here.” Spinster (at ticket window)—Young man, and why do you charge more for a lower berth? Ticket Agent — Because, lady, it's easier to climb into. Spinster — Bosh! climbed into mine yet. “My husband is growing on me,j highway commissioner of New York. * darn the luck!” “Hmmm. Why should you be peeved because your husband is growing on you?” “He's a midget.” Mother — So instead of marrying |, he’s going away to a chiropractic college? Daughter—Yes, darn it! He's going you, as he promised. back on me. BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN IS RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN husband had died some months previ- ously, also died, and when she came to asked to see her for- mer husband. “What’s his name?” asked St. Peter. “Joe Smith,” replied the widow. “You'll have to give me some better! n, y, information than that,” said St. Peter “How about his last words? We classify new arrivals by their jh, sure, I know him,” said St. “we call him ‘Whirling Joe’ up high-salaried side-show widow, whose pearly gate, grave Nobody's ever i SO THEY SAY We get along as well as we do in a democracy because under that system of government, and only under that system of government, extreme opin- ions tend to cancel each other .. . leaving the balance of power with the intelligent, open-minded, middle-of- the-road people.—Felix Morley, Wash- ington, D. C., journalist, * * * The sanctimonious attitude displayed by many Americans toward their Constitution proceeds from misunder- standing and not from malice.—Fed- eral Judge William Clark, Princeton, * * x The referee, umpire, and head lines- man must make about 150 decisions each game, and the field judge about 50. It simply isn’t humanly possible for them to be right every time.—Ma)j. John L, Griffith, Big Ten football commissioner. ... I see in this country perhaps graver than ever before a danger for the legal profession, sworn to main- tain the law.—Judge Irving Lehman of the New Sore Court of Appeals. * * Right now manufacturers are building automobiles far ahead of the pace at which engineers are building and designing roads to fit the auto- mobile.—E. C. Lawton, assistant state * * The record of the American a1 in the World War speaks for itself, and provides the answer to those who) would belittle its splendid achieve. ments.—Gen, John J. Pershing, re- plying to inefficiency charges of Lloyd George. * * * I don’t want to make faces for a livigg’ the rest of my life.—Helen BroWerick, film comedienne, ) Religious Leader HORIZONTAL 1 Leader of a great religion. 8 Believer of this faith. 13 To prepare for publi- cation. 14 Amphitheater center. 16 To peel. 17 Birds’ home. 18 Propelled by Answer to Previous Puzzle 10 Boy. 11 Silkworm. 12 Encountered. WI 15 Fiber knots. E} 21 Within. D} 23 Like. 24 His birthplace 25 Matured, TP MRS ANNE 26 To pot again, SULLIVAN] 28 Armadillo, RLNACY | oi, ny [AlPE] 36 To abscond. oars, fOlRIAI a colt ‘ Powliite: 19 Entrance. DIAIL jurgical saw. 20 Melodies. Pep ralt'sI 40 Senior. 22Tiny vege- 44To challenge. 59 He is the —— 41 Grain. " — tables. 46 Species of of his religion. a vee iS 24 Maritime. pier. Inable 27 Quick blow. 49Stair post. VERTICAL hear. 31 Paradise. 51To support. 1 Males, 45 Singing voice, 82 Whirled. 55 Weaver’s 2 Poem, 46 High moune 33 Mug. frame. 3 Pronoun. tain. 34 Form of “be.” 56 Wedge-shaped 4 To obtain. 47 Neither. 85 Lump of clay. _ piece of wood. 5 Impaired. 48 Also. 38 Elm, 57 French 6 God of love. 50 You and I. 39 To vouch, measure. ‘7 Moisture. 52 Fish. 41 Pasture land. 58 He is the —-—- 8 Manufactured. 53 Unit. 42 Bird's crop. of Islamism. 9 Paroxysms. 54 By. AL ee SO . Up and sees a man standing opposite him “Emery is coming home for asi’? Elizabeth repeated, clasping the envelope to her breast, as if it had been a child, while the expression of joy tinged her ‘eatures with a beauty as of spirituai youth. “Then I will wait to open the mes: sage until father can read it with me,”’ she whispered. “Do you rest and warm yourself before you go back. Have you had breakfast?” Elizabeth asked the boy. Her pressing anxiety at rest, hospitality was her first thought. “I didn’t eat yet. Yes, Mit Vance, I reckon I could work down a pancake.” And the boy not only looked yearningly at the griddle but straightway went to the kitchon sink and proceeded to wash his hands. Tne round breakfast table wa: drawn in front of the hearth fire beside which Ira Vance sat in his armchair, open Bible upon his knees. The room of itself told much of the family history, as well as of the gradual adaptation of the - best of the old days of the home to new conditions, without any lapse of dignity. The morning chapter had been read before Elizabeth had gone to the kitchen, and as Ira closed The Book and turned his chair toward the table, he repeated twice an ited line from the Epistle to the Romans, from which he had been reading: “For I long to see you that 2 may impart unto you some gift.’ Yes, that is it, my son; at last I would give you something beside the love you have always had but do not perhaps quite understand. Doubtless the fault is mine also, for should not perfect love bring understanding?” With military precision and much "j;stamping of heels, the hired boy marched through the door held open by Elizabeth, gave the telegram in- to the hands of the astonished old man, then balanced himself uneasily on the edge of the chair to which she pointed, quite overcome by his surroundings. “We accept your holiday invita- tion,” Ira read. ‘Eleanor will take the children to you for a two weeks’ visit, leaving on Thursday noon. She will return to New York Friday, go- ing to The Glen with me on De- cember twenty-fourth. We have an unexpected guest, a man whom you will like. Can you entertain him also?” : “That seems very long for a tele- gram, father. Emery never puts more than that in his letters,” said Elizabeth, hardly yet able to be- lieve the news, but reading in her husband’s eyes that it was true be- yond a doubt. “Mis’is Vance, do you sense that they’re comin’ Thursday noon? And today is Thursday!” said Hepsy, her words fairly exploding as sh placed a platter of crisp sausages garnished with fried apples before her mistress. “Today? Today, did you say, Hepsy? 1 don’t realize that it meant today,”’ and Ira spread the yellow paper before his wife, that she might the better realize. As Elizabeth read it, slowly pronouncing each word, a change came over her on: who walking in a twilight dream. suddenly awakes to iind it full radi- ant day. Wéll nigh springing to The Stranger at the Gate By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT Copyright by Mabel Osgood Wright WNU Service SYNOPSIS Christmas of 1913 1s only eight days away. Ir: ince and his wife are wait- ing wistfully for a reply to their letter inviting their son, Emery, his wife, Elea- hor, and their children, Tommy, eight, and Bess, five, to the House in the Glen for Christmas. Emery, a self-made ex- ecutive in a big city, has not been home in five years. - The elder Vance, made in- firm by business reverses and an acci- dent, works on inventions dismissed by ‘toys. Vance says that Elea- @ hunger bred of loneliness on her face, The maid returns without a letter from Emery. Ira tells his wife to write three special delivery letters, one to Emery hinting that at last he has in- vented something successful, one to Elea- nor urging her to come, and one little Tommy and Bess. Mrs. Vance’ first letter has lain unopened on Em- ery’s desk, but Kitty Mack, his secre- tary, brings it to his attention along another personal letter. He opens latter, finding it is from a boyhood friend, Philip Knox, who says he is send- ing a friend, Dr. Amunde, to visit the Vances' home at Christmas. Emery is annoyed, At lunch, he sees a news item about the meeting of his company's directors, indicating there is dissatisfac- tion with his management. Then he over- hears two of the directors, lunching nearby, discussing his one-man dicta- torial management disparagingly. Back in the office he reads his mother’s sec- ond letter. Absorbed in work he looks satisfied his sense of sight and location, sound came in for a tention. “‘What horse hereabouts has. a three-legged trot that breaks into a lope on the little rises? I don’t know of any but Zimi Cole’s mare over at the Depot hotel, and as the first train doesn’t come in hour it isn’t likely he has a pa: senger.” Then scenting the some- thing unusual that makes the very breath of life ‘n a rural community, Ell abandoned his pails and picked his way carefully down the icy slope to the fence by the road. “Zimi’s team, sure enough, and (this with a snort of disappoint- ment) nobody with it but the hired ” Eli’s disappointment w: short lived, however, for as soon as the boy spied him he pulled off his fur cap, and taking therefrom a pale yellow envelope waved it furiously at Eli. “For the old lady,” shouted the boy. But instead of delivering the telegram to Eli’s eager fingers, he who says, ‘I am The Stranger sent to your gate.” Vance is surprised to find he is friendly to The Stranger. An in- quiry is received concerning Hess, a draftsman whom V; had unjustly an unfavorable phones, urging Vance to come home to dinner; tells him to bring The Stranger and discussing the, letters from home, pleads with him to go to his parents. He says he cannot leave the city. On the way home Emery tells The Stranger that he takes little stock in Christmas, Greeting The Stranger, Eleanor finds that he brings peace to her mind. Will Darrow, a young artist friend of the fam- lly, arrives. Eleanor and Emery learn from ‘the children that their nurse's sis- ter is ill with scarlet fever. Since there 1s danger of exposure, the doctor sug- gests that Tommy and Bess be sent ‘away for several weeks, Vance then de- cides they will go to the Glen, that Eleanor will take the children the next day and return to the city to go back with him Christmas eve. Later there is, @ painful scene when Eleanor is forced to go to a party with Darrow when Emery refuses to go. Eli, the male helper at The House in the Glen, and also the hus- band of Hepsy, was carrying up the pails of milk in the twilight of the winter morning, which, in late De- cember, is after half-past six. The path between cow shed and kitchen porch was both narrow and slippery, the pails of unequal weight, so that Eli stopped more than once to beat his arms across his chest, as he did s0 looking down the Glen due east to Westover, where the glow of the rising sun was beginning its daily drama of wrapping the little town in flames. Eli had seen the spectacle so often the season round, that by the posi- boy tion of the sun in relation to steeple and roof tops he could tell you the time of year with absolute accuracy. Yet this morning he continued to gaze, ramming his numb hands deep into his pockets, and stopping so put it back in his cap with due deliberation and prepared to hitch the horse to the fence post. “Better tie her in the barn as long as you're going to stop. She's all of a sweat, and it was two be- low thi: a d Eli creftily, thereby giving himself time to get into th: house to,break the news even if he might not be the direct messenger. “What's kept you? Couldn’t you sraell the pancakes?” was Hepsy’s long that the pearly foam on the Zane i [| | | milk sank discouraged to be woven