The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1937, Page 6

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But the women say they can’t do anything about it, either. ‘The hats this year are impossible,” said one intelligent woman, ‘but what can you do about it. You can’t get anything else.” And the poor, bedeviled merchants who sell hats can’t do anything. When they go to market they have to choose among che models which are being produced and if all are pretty terrible shey can only buy an assortment and pray that the reaction _ will not be too bad. Manufacturers shrug their shoulders and say they are powerless; that they must follow the styles and that the manu- facturer who doesn’t is liable to meet the fate of the albino wolf, which usually gets eaten up by its fellows. This—get the rope ready boys—leads to the lair of the al villains of the piece, the hat designers. Most of these—sad but true—are men. One woman, in a recent radio talk, referred to them as “be-trousered little pixies” and if “by their works shall ye know them,” this description was reasonably accurate. In any event the world would suffer nothing if they were to vanish from this earthly scene, transported at the end of a fength of hemp to elysian fields where they could “create” to their little hearts content. And both the husbands and wives of America would be happier. Connubial romance would blossom again and old Dan Cupid would have a better chance to do his stuff among those junknown to wedded bliss. ___Up and at ’em boys before the anti-lynching law makes it too expensive. | ! { Academic Interest When congressional committees recently brought in bills ito aid the farmer, at considerable cost to the public treasury but without provision for raising the money, they sharply de- iineated one of the greatest current handicaps to balancing the ‘budget. ' The reaction of many persons to President Roosevelt's request that federal highway expenditures be sharply reduced emphasizes another. _ For congress is more adept at spending money than at raising it. The role of genial Santa Claus comes easier than that of the Simon Legree tax collector. And suggestion that government support for road con- struction be curtailed has produced a unanimous groan from ‘contractors, automobile men and oil refiners. All sorts of argu- ments are advanced and most of them are true. But it also is true that the government has been spending on roads at the ‘greatest rate in history in recent years and that if government expenditures are to return to normal those for highways must suffer with the rest. Everyone favors a balanced budget but few are willing to make the sacrifices to achieve it. Western North Dakota favors a balanced budget but it knows that its people must be cared for until they can grow crops again. When budget balancing meets that obstacle it goes by the boards so far as this section is concerned. Road contractors, auto and oil men favor a balanced budget but they protest mightily when the job is to be done at the expense of an item which they consider necessary. The same thing can be said of persons interested in many other lines of activity. Thus, while there is a general demand for government curtailment, there are specific protests when the work actually gets under way. It is all reminiscent of that children’s chantey: “Policeman, Policeman, don’t shoot me But shoot that fellow behind that tree.” Funnier Than Fiction Truth is stranger than fiction. It also is funnier. Time was when the meretricious Major Hoople amused | those who follow his comic strip antics with the suggestion ‘ that two other characters do something which would result in i ’ his advantage. But the comic strips never offered anything funnier than _ the recent strike at the St. Louis Ford plant in which the only “strikers” were employes of other factories who sought to pre- vent the Ford workers from going to work. And the real hilarity came when they had to leave the picket lines to return to their own jobs. It has its serious aspect of course but it is funny, too. It sounds a great deal like Mr. Wimpy in that famous line “Let's you and him fight” or the manager's classic remark to a badly-beaten boxer, “Hang in there, kid. He can’t hurt us.” 8 sharp dip. curve on ¢wo fa get the Shed and fret now swinging toward modern Hawaiian the serial number on his ukulele. Retrie’ si THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1937 ae he Scenes Washington Maritime Commission Hits Unions With New Pian to Train Seamen. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Washington, Dec. 2.—Exchange of fire between the Maritime commis- sion and the National Maritime Union, featured by Chairman Joe Kennedy's “put ’em in irons” cable to the Algic’s captain at Montevideo and union President Joe Curran’s promise to “get Kennedy's scalp,” is going to get hot~ ter. The two chief factors begging sol- ution are a strong anti-union feeling among most members of the commis- sion and its staff and a serious series of breaches of discipline, especially among stewards, in the American mer- chant marine, * * Coast Guard to Train Men Labor leaders don’t know it yet, but they'll be hollering blue murder when the commission’s report on the whole merchant marine situation is sent to congress this month. The commission has decided that the coast guard should be used to train seamen, that new seamen should learn discipline on coast guard vessels and that sub- sidy contracts should require ship operators to hire the graduates. This hits the seamen’s unions right between the eyes. It would strike at their union hiring halls, where men are provided for out-going ships, and lee to weaken if not destroy the un- 5. ‘The scheme is sure to be denounced jas a “union-busting” device and re- ports from inside the commission in- dicate that some members and high Officials believe, with either enthusi- asm or disapproval, that it is exactly that. The dominant feeling in the Joe Curran commission is that labor unions, at least militant unions, have no place in the merchant marine. Although propaganda about bad dicipline at sea has been out. of the commission lately in advance of its report, everyone concerned—sym- pathetic to cine or not—agrees that a bad situation has existed and that something must be done to reduce the large volume of passenger complaints. If union leaders fail to enforce better discipline among crews, they need ex- pect no great sympathy in official Washington. The Pilot, official N. M. U. organ, has had several editorials demanding better discipline and in at east one instance the union has Promised to approve discharge of a steward guilty of bad behavior. Meanwhile publicity is being given to alleged instances of the seaman who demanded hearts of lettuce instead of lettuce leaves, a crew which insisted on unloading a ship on the shady rath- er than the sunny side of wharf, @ drunken steward who fell into a swim- ming pool among guests, a steward who said to a female passenger, “Get up, baby, it’s time for breakfast,” and so on, The merits of the Algic case, with facts bitterly disputed, will be ruled on by, @ federal court faced by 14 crew members who temporarily stopped work at Montevideo. ‘ In the background is the fact that seamen whose wages were forced down as low as $25 or $30 a month and who crowded into filthy, vermin- infested quarters with bad food until many of the better ones left the sea, are now feeling thelr oats and releas- ing pent-up emotions. oats, too, and has hired men for key Jobs who privately admit anti-union Prejudice. Finally some W: sepore es publicized from commis- sources—indicate that some Aiionn passengers are more provo- cative in dealing with eres than Passengers on The question will be pest fairly or not, why the Maritime sion couldn't try to work with the un- fons, since interests of sailors are vital- American ships. There is no record that it ever has taken up any com- plaint with any of the unions, (Copyright, 1097, NEA Bervise, Inc.) A Bi OF Dr BUMOR i. RELISHED 6 eY THE BEST OF MEN Old-Fashioned Aunt—Sally, I should think that a night club would be the last place a girl of your station would *pally—Yes, it usually is, paleo) insist on having the last w Mrs. Quiggle—We don't. The only reason we get it is that we always have a dosen arguments left when you stupid men are all run out. Boogy—Congratulate me! I’ve just thought of something bal ‘Woogy—Beginner’s 5 Frank—Every woman, without ex- ception, must always contradict. Syivia—That’s not true. Quiggle—Why is it that you women, Little Variety in the Day’s Work WEIGHT OF THE BILLIONS Before another vast “agricultural relief” bill, the provisions of which no cne understands and neither the cost nor the effect of which anyone can estimate, is enacted by Tess, through pressure from the president and the farm lobby, it may be worth while to present some outstanding facts concerning the expense and ex- tent of the government’s efforts to “help the farmer.” A compilation of these facts was made recently by an astute correspondent, Mr. Ashmun Brown, of the Providence Journal. It is certainly true, for example, that under the New Deal the department of ogriculture has become an enormous government within the government. Great edifices have been erected in Washington for the housing of its many ramifications. Part time and full time more than 100,000 men scat- tered all over the country are on the pay roll, with 12,000 of them concen- tiated in Washington. With the single exception of relief it distributes more money than any other two gov- ernment agencies, and its propaganda abtivities, ranging from the ordinary Press agent output to great radio and moving-picture programs, is the most: elaborate and expensive ever devised ky a nation at peace. As @ political force, the AAA ma- chine, with units in practically every county, is rated by observers as the most effective of all time. Its organ- ization is infinitely greater than both Party committees combined, better fi- Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sun nenced, disciplined to the machinery is added the “gentle rain of checks” with which the farn- ere have been drenched steadily since 1933, the potentialities of this setup are hard to exaggerate. The pending bill, if enacted, will greatly enhance size, cost and political potency, which is one reason administration po- liticlans are so anxious to get it through before the spring primaries. In view of the extraordinary vague- ness about the amount annually in- velved, with which everybody con- cerned with this bill, including its committee sponsors who reported it and Mr. Wallace’s bright young men who drew it, isuffected, it seems time- ly to give a few figures as to the money spent on “helping the farmer” since 1934. In the fiscal years, 1935, 1€36, 1937 and through the first four fiscal months of 1938, the government has spent for farm relief three billion dollars, of which more than $2,600,- 0C6,000 has been charged to the so- colled emergency and relief budget and more than $300,000,000 to the regular budget. From July 1 to Octo- ber 1 expenditures of $42,817,857, an increase of $4,000,000 over last year, sre shown in the regular budget, while the emergency budget. shows expendi- tures of $191,055,809, a total of $233,- 873,666. ‘The largest item in the emergency disbursements this year is $61,416,046 paid out by the farm security ad- ministration, which is the new name under which the old AAA payments 1 Pictured screen star, 12 To require. 13 Regions. 14 Helpers. 16 Russian mountain, 17 To insert. 18 Genus of mollusks. 19 Sky phenomena. 21 Arranged in nore 24Automaton, 51Gem. 28 Spring festival 5 ee 32 Was eee 55 air. * 56 She radiates 34 Beneath. — health. 36 Unit of elec- 57 She is an trical current accom 38 Therefore. 39 Noting the date. VERTICAL 44Griddle cakes, 1 Withered. 48Card game. 2 Opposed to 49 Weird. cold. ™ mythology. Box Office Favorite HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle films. 15 She is a high —— star. 20 Opposed to in 22 Ratite bird. 25 To have. 29 To undermine. 30 Golf device. 31 To sin. ; 37 Cow's call. 39 Pert of a - @ialect. 10 Legal claim. poem. 1uNorse 47 Identical. 48 Because. 12 This child has 50To soak flax. ‘starred in-—— 52 Gibbon. The Seem t POLITICS rs By FRANK R. KENT directed. When of subsidies to farmers are conducted.| But the big jump came with the New “All these figures,” says Mr. Brown, “are if anything lower than actuali- ties, for the treasury statement from which they are taken has farm-relief items scattered all over the place and 4 is almost impossible to get a cor- rect total.” It is clear, however, that nearly a billion dollars a year has been regularly expended for all pur- by the department since 1934. ‘Twenty-five years ago the total amount appropriated for all purposes ‘was $20,000,000. It was about 1914 that the political parties began to compete with each other in the matter of making prom- ises to the farmer. The farm bloc was formed and the funds began to pour out. Congressional appropriations for farm purposes steadily rose until, by care error ae Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. ir questio: et ed to health but is Tettors'| briefly and in ink. Address Dr, All queries must be accompanied by @ Dr. Brady will ani ease or diagnosis. Wri in care of The Tribune. self-address velope. THE ARIDITY OF SAHARA WITHOUT THE SUN Most urban folk spend the winter in » climate drier than Sahara but without the benefit of the desert sunshine. Outdoor air at zero temperature with a relative humidity of 50 per cent (that is, containing half the moisture it could hold if saturated), when heated to 70 degrees F. has a relative humidity of only 3 per cent, which is drier than the air of the driest climate known, which is seldom less than 25 per cent. The year around humidity in Death Valley, California, averages 23 per cent, and at Yuma, Arizona, it is 35 per cent in the driest month of the year. The excessively dried out air of the heated house (it matters little what type of heat is used), causes woodwork to shrink and fall apart, book bind- ings to crack, plants to droop and die, the skin of occupants to become harsh and irritable, mucous membranes to become congested and hypersensitive. It 1s hard on every one, but especially for those subject to chronic bronchitis, winter cough, sinusitis, “catarrhal” , as emphysema, bron- chiectasis, Comfort, health and economy demand for every one either a suitable air-conditioning equipment installed with the heating system or at least some provision for evaporating a reasonable amount of water daily in the air of the heated dwelling. This is desirable for every one, but imperative for those subject to chronic bronchitis, sinus trouble, winter cough,“catarrha?”’ conditions, Gadgets that evaporate a gallon of water a day are scarcely worth considering. As a rule it is necessary to evaporate from one to two gallons a day for each average size room in the house, in order to maintain a fair rela- ive humidity in the heated atmosphere. The other fault with the climate where most people spend the winter is absence of sunshine. It is not merely the warmth of sunshine that makes the ileal winter climate attractive; it is the greater proportion of ultraviolet rays in the sunlight nearer the equator. Ultraviolet rays, if the skin is ex- posed to them, generate vitamin D in the body (converting ergosterol into viosterol). Vitamin D is essential in maintaining or building’ immunity against infection. If this natural source of vitamin D is not available, then dwellers in the great indoor winter Sahara should supplement their diet with a daily ration of vitamin D—at least 5,000 or 6,000 units of vitamin D every day throughout the winter. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Multiple Neuritis Son poor eater, heavy drinker, truck driver, has stiffness in legs, hard to walk,\left hand sore and numb, doctors who examined him all said nerves, some neuritis in arms and legs. (Mrs, R. M. C.) Answer—Buy wheat germ by the pound, from a miller who will take the trouble to catch it out for you, or from a health food store. See that your son gets:at least four ounces (one-fourth pound) of it daily, mixed with any cereal he eats, or incorporated in any recipe calling for flour—use half flour and half wheat germ. ; Glasses Is it to have glasses fitted to a child aged 9 years if the eye fioctors alls after drops, finds the child has 1% dioptimal in both eyes, far sighted? » ination, Often the wearing of glasses in childhood conserves vision for later life. Contour Three months ago had eye tooth extracted. Tooth on either side of it had been out a long time. Now I am worried because my face has sunk so on that side. (I, Y.) Answer— You should have an artificial tooth or denture installed im- mediately after extraction of one or more teeth. (Copyright 1937, John F. Dille Co.) 1931, the department was spending $129,000,000, exclusive of road building. people. And there isn’t the slightest certainty that with all this the scheme will work any better than the AAA or that the farmer himslef will be any better off in the end. With a billion a year going out for farm relief, a bililon and a half a year for unemployment relief, more than a billion to the vet- erans, and more than a billion to pay the interest on a thirty-eight billion national debt, it is not surprising that men in Washington, fighting to get the nation back on an even keel, are appalled at the awful weight of the load and the magnitude of the job. And probably the most fallacious and absurd idea promoted in this period is that the great taxes which these billions make necessary come, from the rich. That is a joke. The great bulk of the taxes are indirect, hidden taxes and they are paid by everybody who eats, drinks, smokes, writes letters and wears clothes. Deal. For three years we have been on a billion-dollar basis. In other words, we are spending today about seven times as much to help the farmer as we did five years ago and fifty times as much as we did twenty-five years ago. The apparent purpose of the new bill is to freeze this situation so that this billion-dollar distribution to the farmers will become permanently fixed. The lowest guess as to the cost of the pending proposal is half » bil- lion; it may run above a billion, Where the money ifs to come from so far no one has seemed to, know.) Obviously, it must be raised by some form of processing tax, which is in effect a sales tax upon food, bound to increase its cost to the consumer and weigh most heavily upon the poorest CHAPTER XXV ° T again. Six months had passed since his hurried departure that morning. It might have been yesterday. Things were so unchanged. It was even stranger to be here in a new role, Not as a penniless young man at odds with his father, seeking a foothold in a big, strange city. But rather, as an artist re- turning with his father’s full ap- Proval, called back by an amazing turn of fortune. “Sun Over Seville” had really been sold by the dealer this time, and to an authentic purchaser. A connoisseur of art, who had paid $5000, and then had insisted on an exhibit of Alan’s pictures. And strangest of all—with the world suddenly so friendly—that there should be no thrill or happi- ness for him. Jill, by now, he was sure, had married Milo Montanne, and was living a luxurious life with him. During the six months he had been away, Alan had tried to put her completely out of his mind, He had told himself she was hard, * unworthy, deliberately cruel. Whenever he thought of Jill's loveliness, he would remind him- self of that cheap, spectacular dance to the dreadful sound of the ‘Wedding March in one-step time. How could he think for a mo- ment that he could love a girl who could do a thing like that! HE eee to be in New York, in America had reached his destination, and a servant was ushering him into a room filled with beau- tiful art treasures, rich with color. A hand was suddenly on his shoulder. Alan turned to face the dealer, eae Sonts back! This time here to make terms, rather than seek them. I’m glad to see you, my boy. I think I shall be very proud one day to say I sold your first * picture in New York. Sit down.” Alan sat down. “It is scarcely believable,” he said. “I am very anxious to meet the man who liked my picture so well, I'll be frank. I had become utterly discouraged.” “I know. Artists are like that,” the dealer said slowly. “I think your first unfortunate experience had something to do with it. It was misplaced kindness on the ee Miss Wentworth. Poor A chill of apprehension ran through Alan. Poor girl. What: could he mean, speaking of Jill like that? “I don’t think Miss Wentworth is to be pitied,” Alan said stiffly. “It seems to me she has every- seemed strange, Alan thought, | th MARY RAYMOND. Copyright, 1997, NEA Service, Inc, wish you would go to them. You're not used to hard work. I'm awe JILL. thing to make her happy.” The dealer stared. “Is it pos- sible you don’t know that her father died? His fortune was lost, and the young lady is working in a department store.” “But her fiance!” Alan began. His voice shook. “Surely, he would not let her down because her father’s business failed.” “I’m afraid, Jeffry, that you don’t understand the human heart,” the dealer said softly. “The young man was not to blame. The papers carried the story. It seemed Jill Wentworth had be- come engaged to him to save her father’s business. And after his death—the police -tried to make something of a mystery out of a heart attack—Jill Wentworth Roe young Montanne to release er. “What mystery! Great heavens,” Alan cried, “tell me something.” “I’m trying to tell you now, Jeffry. There was a blow on Mr. Wentworth’s temple, which the, police declared contributed to his death. They tried to place sus- picion on the girl. But an old woman had seen her in front of an apartment on 67th street at the exact hour Mrs. Wentworth and fully worried about you.” The two girls were at the break- fast table at Patty’s home. “You needn’t be,” Jill spoke in a cheerful tone. {tps very good for me to work. Millions of other ee have to work, Why shouldn’t vont those millions of other girls haven’t been reared as you have,” Patty countered. “You need time to become strong enough to take the tough breaks.” “I’m strong enough,” Jill insiste ed. “Please don’t bother, Patty. I don’t know what I would have done without my job. It keeps me from thinking.” “Well, you certainly haven't much time to think, with all those frenzied females pawing. over everything on the counter. ill, I absolutely boil when I think of you behind a counter, Though, Tt _be honest—I was absolutely delighted when Barry had to go to work and he and his mother ‘moved into a dinky little apart- ment, I always felt she was try- ing to throw suspicion on you to keep police from thinking—” “Please don’t talk about it,” the secretary had heard Mr. Wentworth fall. Curiously, Jeffry, it was the’ same apartment build- ing where you also lived.” Alan’s face was white, Jill had come to him that morning. And he had been away. Then, he had sailed for England, without know- ing of her trouble. What could she, have thought about his dis- appearance? And she had not married Milo. She had planned to, to save her father. And then when her father was dead, she had chosen to be poor rather than marry Milo. He could have shouted his joy to the world. “And now!” the old dealer said softly. “I suspect you have for- gotten all about that meeting you are to have with Mr. Fenwick this morning. You will be going to see Jill Wentworth. And isn’t Jill broke in, her face white, “I’m sorry, Jill. I’m no help at all,” Patty said. “Gracious,” Patty said, now, “there’s the bell. Who could be calling on us at breakfast time? ‘You go, Jill, while I do things to my face.” Jill got up from the table and went into the small front room, She was gone quite a long time. Patty, now rouged and powdered, was giving the breakfast dishes a vigorous bath in hot suds. Ju” 'Patty “thought, “aealge 1 Ly 'e “She'll be late for work if she doesn’t hurry up. And if she wants to keep that job, she’d bet- ter watch the clock.” She dried her hands on the dish towel and started to investigate. For a moment she stood quietly it fortunate that I've been keeping |in the doorway—amazed eyes on up with her through the news-|two young people. Jill was stand- paper stories, and am able to telljing near the door, close in some you where she is staying?” see es | WISH I could be like the opti- mistic gentleman who said every day he was better and bet- ter,” Patty said, speculative eyes on Jill's wan face, “But I can't. Every day you look worse to me. man’s arms. He was kissing hert The young man lifted his head ie last. Patty caught her breath. Alan Jeffry! She tiptoed back to the kitchen. After another long interval, Patty walked briskly into the live ing room, And this time Jill’s ra- There’s no need for ou to, be} Giant face was atten) grom “Alan's slaving in a store downtown, when I make enough to take care of both of us. And if you won't ac- cept help from me, there are Jack and Sylvia offering you a home. Jill, as much as I'd miss you, I shoulder, “Where, may I ask, did ‘tog find that?” Patty mocked, gent “I didn’t find him,” Sis 1 happy voice rang out. “He found ME.” THE END.