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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-31
Editorial Comment
Beware of Under Dog Sympathies
(Minneapolis Tribune)

Observers watching the barrages and coun-
ter barrages which are being laid down
in the Wilbur-Magruder engagement will do
well to remember that the rear admiral
has distinct strategical advantage over his
superior officer. This advantage flows chief
ly from the inevitable tendency of the
public to throw the weight of it's SYM
pathies, consciously or otherwise, towards that
combatant who, it suspects, is being perse-
cuted In the present instance, average man.
instinctively visualizes Rear Admiral Magruder
as some Sir Launfal jousting for right and
truth; nothing remains, then, for average
man" but to catalog Secretary Wilbur as some
black knight who bears the crest of bureau
cracy and intolerance on his shield. Mr. Will
bur stands convicted as an oppressor, in other
words, simply because he happens to hold the
upper hand.
Because certain aspects of the present con-
troversy are not generally understood, an
avoidance of virulent and hastily formed opin-
ions seems quite in order. 1t was rather wide
ly conceded that Rear Admiral Magruder's
magazine article charging the navy with in
efficiency and waste was sincerely and honestly
motivated and warranted no disciplinary &C
ton on the part Of Secretary Wilbur. Even
President Coolidge was reported to- have ex-
pressed interest in the Magruder observations
as charges made strictly in good faith. It is
important W LOLe, however, CIldC MI. Will
action in removing Rear Admiral Magruder
from his command was not inspired by the
original article. Instead certain assertions
made in subsequent speeches and in official
correspondence provide the motive for this new
move. Presumably Mr.. Wilbur has reasons for
dissatisfaction which have not yet been aired
in full public view; fairness, then, dictates that
these reasons be neither condemned nor ap-
proved until they are Judged with thorough
ness and impartiality.
| Mr.. Wilbur explains that the order remov-
ing Rear Admiral Magruder from command of
the fourth naval district is administrative and
not unitive. Whatever his motives, the deci-
sion took some courage. The naval secretary
has been in public life a sufficient length of
time to know that charges of persecution and
intolerance would inevitably follow his first
hostile gesture towards a man who is ostensi-
bly, championing the pubic's cause. We know
that Admiral Magruder could be transformed
by one simple administrative order, from a
pedestrian critic of navy policies to a very de.
| lightful martyr. And he knew that the navy
department could Immediately come into the
full glare of the anti-administration spot
1 lights. 1t is quite possible that Mr.. Wilbur
acted for reasons wholly beyond reproach; un-
til the public has proof to the contrary, il
should hardly give full rein to its very natural
but dangerous under dog sympathies
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0AlNEAnnee A9SstdIaN N ~

Faith had the curious feeling that
she was upon the verge of a great
revelation about herself, revela-
tion of her true character that was
of the most vital Importance to her
in so far as her relationship with Bob
and Cherry and Joy, and even less
beloved people were concerned. But
she was too tired, too utterly dis
piritcd, to- follow it through. Cherry
loved her and despised her; Bob
loved her and was sometimes OBJ
viously contemptuous of her; she
was not really making joys life
the carefree, happy state that a
child's life should be. But-oh, If
she could only sleep, sleep forever
and ever!
She dragged through the rest of
the morning somehow; ate no lunch,
because her stomach rcvolted at the
thought of food; took Hope for a
walk, pushing the perambulator so
languidly that the four-months-old
baby jounced up and down with i'm
patience. Hope was sitting alone
now; could soon be taken out in a
sulky; would be walking after a
bit, and Misunderstanding up, grow
ing up! Growing into another Cher
ry, passionate, vital, too-beautiful,
tickle, avid for love.
II WONDER" Faith questioned her
self duly, "if I really want baby
of my own, to repeat my own TRACE.
dies as Hope will repeat Cherry's.
It vas three o'clock when she
returned to tbs house.
Suddenly sleep waves poured over
Faiths brain, making her SO drunk
that she could scarcely stagger into
the sun parlor with Hope and then
into her own bedroom.
It was dusk when she woke. Her
sleep-dazed eyes fell upon Cherry's
little upturned face, took in the
amazing fact that Cherry was kneel-
ing on the floor beside the bed, her
chin cupped in her beautiful, useless
looking white hands.
II tried not to wake yOu," Cherry
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INewYotket
90 Ii Paris c%|

Paris, Oct. 31.-Paris women are
presumed to have set the styles in
all that is unconventional. yet /
have not seen single French wonl-
an smoking in public. Checking
over the crowds at a dozen Of the
most centrally situated sidewalk
cafes, l found the feminine smokers
to be Americans or English.
Nor do the French women ever
publicly take out their vanity cases
and begin to rouge their lips or
powder their noses. This is the first
signal Of an approaching American
girl. True, the French woman is the
mother of cosmetics and one can find
the art raised or reduced-as you
will-to its highest point. But
never in public. For the French
woman insists on feminine secrecy
and subtlety when males are about.
Her eyes may drip mascara and her
| beauty may be the last word in
artifice - but she is far too femi-
nine to reveal to the staring male
eye how she gets that way.
| u * x
1t came to me as I was walking
home at midnight. Most thor.
oughfarcs, outside those that radi-
ate from the Place de pOpera
seemed practically abandoned. The
meteoric electric sign Of the French
''tin lizzie" flashed down the slender
steel neck of the Eiffel tower. Along
the Seine, the little boats had be.
come mere silhouettes and only few
lights were left to cast their reflec'
tions. There was nothing to disturb
the majesty of the stone fronts
nothing to distract me from tn,
grandeur of cathedral towers.
And then it came to me: Paris j.
a great stage set-a vast and beau
tiful stage set. As the curtain
rises and lowers your eye catches
the beauty of it. Otherwise fas
cinating pageant and changing
drama is taking place in the fore
ground. AS in the theatre, tn
drama captures the attentions t.
such an extent that the backgroun,
| is temporarily blended into the pla,
and hence either taken for grantee
or overlooked.
This would not be true everywhere
It would not be true in Manhattan
where the buildings are too over
; powering to be neglected and wher
the roar Of the city keeps you con
stantly conscious Of the physica
elements. It is true of Paris becaus
there is no roar to distract and be
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cause the color Of life in the fore
ground Of the stage is so vivid.

History parades by you as you
talk in Paris until your mind whirls.
And history has never seemed to me
the pleasantest Of company-that is
at times. History is not, for instance
the pleasantest company at midnight
when it takes the form Of a great,
black courtyard in which, your guide
book tells you, familiar names once
gathered for the guillotine. Or when
the black outlines of the building
you pass are those Of prison Of
bloody memory.
On the other hand it is rather
amusing to contemplate, as ale is
slipped in the Ritz bar, that here
gathered the gay nobility Of the
time of Louis XIV. In fact it be
comes impossible to wander into
almost any place without feeling
the necessity Of kicking a couple
Of pompaded ghosts back under the
table.
And walking out into the Place
Vendome and viewing the column
it is also heartening to know that
here is one statue that has had
more vicissitudes than our Civic
Virtue in City Hall Square,. Man
haitian. The story Of the column
is at least column long-but il
may be sufficient to tell you that
| it has been five times surmounted
by statues Of Napoleon.
Whereas Civil! Virtue has beer
surmounted only by cartoons Of II
and its fountain in hot weather.
GILBERT SWAN.
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habits until it is necessary to GO
to the doctor, or the undertaken may
be called in first. There is grave
danger in staggering along under
a load of bad habits until necessity
calls halt. It is then often too
late to remedy the trouble.
You never get sick at conven.
lent time. and you must not think
that your yearly vacation will cor.
rect the hidden weaknesses you have
been months developing. Your body
is but boat on which you are to
cross this ocean Of life. Take care
Of it well and keep it in the neces-
sary repair if you are good captain
! and wish to sail into the port Of q
healthy, happy, and fruitful ma
turity.
Questions and Answers
Question:: j. A. F. writes: II
am very much interested in your
dailv articles. Can chronic colitis
be cured and what would you advise?
Have been unable to work for eight
months"
Answer: Chronic colitis simply
means chronic Inflammation of the
large intestine. The only treatment
necessary is with diet, but you must
be patient and not expect very quick
results. The most poisonous elimi-
nations from the body pass out
through the colon, and even after
your diet has been well regulated
it will take long time before the
inflamed mucous membranes can
return to their normal tone. A short
fast will be helpful at the beginning
of treatment, then follow we'll
regulated diet such as l suggest in
nv weekly menus. One or two
enemas daily should be taken during
the fast and for several months while
living on the right diet.
Question: L. M. S. asks: will
you please tell me what foods should
be given a baby eighteen months
old?"
Answer: Pure cows milk pro-
vides all the nourishment necessary
for the eighteen months old baby.
The quantity must be proportional
to suit the type and temperament.
If any other foods besides the milk
are used they should be fruits and
non-starchy vegetables.
Question: Mrs. r. T. S. asks: "1s
it safe to rub ice on the neck and
face to tighten the muscles? Is
there any chance Of causing par
alysis of the neck muscles?"
Answer: The ice treatment to
the neck and face is excellent for
strengthening the muscles. The cold
makes the muscles contract, and in
this way they are developed and
brought back, to a normal tone. l
have never heard of any injury being
caused by this treatment, and it
certainly cannot produce paralysis.
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WASHINGTON e..
LETTER SKI

"Nice day." remarked Mr.. Mar
riner to his secretary, and it was.
AS Mr.. Mariner engrossed him
self in careful study of the latest
information on the French tariff
situation, he suddenly became
aware that there was presence in
I at room. CHANGING at the fireplace
he observed two beady eyes gleam-
ing CIT at him from behind the wire
screen. Thrusting out his chin, he
marched bravcly toward what
might have been a basilisk, poi
sonous SERPENT or even a cat. Gradu-
ally, in the twilight of the fireplace,
he made out the outlines of bird.
"Raven!" exclaimed Mr.. Mar
riner, who resembles Edgar Allan
Poe in that he had a mustache,
"What the heck ?"
"Phooey!" said the bird, and Mr..
Mariner knew it wasn't raven
because ravens say "Nevcrmore."
After that, Mr.. Mariner ha6
no fear whatever and singlehandec
he captured what turned out to be
a pigeon. Secretary Kellogg anc
Undersecretary Odds being away
many foreign service persons came
in and saw the pigeon and heard Mr.
r.arriner's story from his own lips
The best minds of the department
got together and decided that pigeor
must have come down the chimney
into Mr.. Marine IS office fireplac,
during the night. It belonged to thu
Monument City Concourse Associa'
tion of Baltimore, according to ,
tag, ID ate. everyone had seen it
it was released and set on its wa,
again, b. airing a message of greeting
from the winner of the State Depart
ment's prize for the six best reasons
why we are in Nicaragua, to tn,
winner of Baltimore's last annua
oyster. calling tournament.
| Mr.. Mariner expresses the opin
ion that the fact that the pigeon
came down his chimney had no i'm
portant significance.
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer

Washington-The news that Gene
Tunney, the genteel-prize-fight
champion, had conceived certain
notions about becoming an ambas-
sador- after he retires undefeated
from the ring at the age of IS,
aroused considerable interest at the
Department of State.
Secretary Kellogg and Under
secretary Odds being absent, other
officials would not allow their
names to be used in commenting
upon this unexpected compliment
which Mr.. Tunney had paid the
diplomatic profession.
1t almost appeared as if some of
these gentlemen didn't take the
idea very seriously. This was
rather puzzling, for, as everyone
knows, the very best people have
patronizcd the intellectual Mr..
Tunney, and many of our very best
people are right here in the State
Department.
One official was unkind enough
to point out that the lowest grade
of the foreign service has about 20
vacancies year for which there
are some 200 applicants. The appli-
cants must take written, oral and
physical examinations and it was
admitted that Mr.. Tunney ought
easily to pass the physical examina-
ton. If he were lucky enough to
obtain an appointment he would 60
on the payroll at $1,000 a year and
Spend six or eight months in the
Foreign Service school before being
shipped off as vice consul at Belize
or Karachi
Mr.. Tunney, however, undoubted.
~ would depend upon q presiden.
tial appointment, for the way ur
through the ranks is long and ardu.
Gus.
After the news about Tunney
and what had happened to Theodore
Mariner that same morning, the
nerves Of the State Department were
in pretty bad shape, you may b.
sure.
| Mr.. Mariner is chief Of the de-
partment's important western Eu
ropean division, who lost sis
pounds and an untold amount Of
sleep during the Geneva arms con
ference. On the morning in ques
ton, Mr.. Mariner came down t,
his office at the conventional hour
just as on any other morning.
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ARE YOU SHOCK PROOF?

How often we hear OF the death
of a prominent citizen who seemed
in the best q health until he sud-
denly had breakdown" and pass
ed quickly away. Do you suppose
such an occurrence would be possible
if he were really in perfect health !?
He may have weighed two hundred
pounds and still, if he suffered sud-
den collapse, there must have been
secret physical weakness which
made such thing possible.
In time of earthquake, no matter
how large the building, it cannot
be seriously injured if properly con-
structed. Concrete buildings prop
erly reinforced with steel are not
affected by the severest shock
Mother Earth has yet given. Con-
crete buildings often crumble at the
slightest shock if not enough iron
is usec in the construction to ade-
quately hold the concrete together.
l was recently admiring a beautiful
office building which only a few days
after was a mass of ruins. Upon
inquiry l found that not sufficient
steel had been used to properly re-
inforce the concrete; when a shock
occurred, it crumbled as readily as
other buildings of a flimsier con-
struction.
Are you building the "house" you
live .in-your physical body-with
such carelessness Are you under
the delusion that large body is
essentially a healthy one? Do you
know that each cell of your physical
organism must have the requisite
amount Of such minerals as lime,
and also that enough iron must be
present in each cell to add the need
ed strength to the cell? Most Of the
time you do not realize how flimsy
your body is until some emergency
arises as it did during the influenza
epidemic, when those with large
bodies collapsed so suddenly, if they
did not have a physical structure as
strong as it looked.
Nature may have endowed you
with natural strength, but if this is
dissipated by excuses you will find
that in great crisis you do not have
enough reserve to fall back on. Dc
you awaken in the morning feeling
as tired as when you went to bed !
If SO, you need to check up on your
self and find out what is causing
your depletion of strength. Car
you walk five miles without fatigue
If you cannot, start today and as
certain what errors you are com
hitting which are producing thi:
lack Of endurance. Do you fal
asleep while reading the evening
papers? Perhaps you are over
working your nervous system.
Do not wait to remedy your bat
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The UnWithered Rose
New York Timesl

New York Times)
Manhattan has seen the last of "Abie's Irish
Rose"-until the revivals begin. That will
not be for years. To stage revival it is nee
essary TO dig up the play from half-forgot-
ten past In this case it will not be forgot
ten at all until the road stops enjoying it. And
are not the movies to follow? Writing obitu-
airy notices of cable" at it's present state of
livelness is great waste. It not only is not
dead; it isn't even sleeping. Only Miss Mich
OILS business representatives, know in how
many cities and hamlets it will this very night
delight the populace. Offhand, two places
come to mind-the Bronx, where it is begin
ming run, and Cleveland, where it is now in
the eighth or ninth week Of it's third or fourth
visit.
To explain the popularity of the play all over
the country is as difficult as to explain it's sue
cess in this city. Difficult? It is impossible.
Certainly it was not the out-of-town trade
which kept cable" going at the Republic. Wis
itors to New York could see it at home, if no
other metropolitan production ever turned up.
Dramatic critics have put the play under the
microscope every year or so, trying to isolate
the germ OF essential life in it. Especially
when limitations specifically very like it ap-
peared, analysts have gone to work feverishly
to discover why they failed while cable" went
on Mr.. Ivor Brown has lately written that in
the gamble of theatrical production no one can
tell beforehand what will make success. But
he adds that if play somehow gets itself
talked about, it is bound to succeed. 1t may
have no literary merit, no dramatic depths, no
power or beauty in acting or production, but if
something in it sets thousands Of tongues wag-
ging, people will go to see it.
This may partly account for the phenome-
non. The critics had nothing to do with it.
They neither helped nor hindered. Presum-
ably people who saw "Abie" in the early days
Of its run went out among their friends and
talked about the play. That, however, is less
than half an explanation. What could they
have said about it to induce their friends to
go? Whatever it was, their children will re-
member it, and when. they grow up will make
long journeys to see the revivals Of play
cisms and prophecies.
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said in small, sweet voice. "I've
been kneeling here, looking at you
and loving you and trying to imagine
that I'm Faith. I wonder" her voice
unused softly, "what it feels like to
be you-so goods and honest and
and faithful, like your name, and
and SO hurt by other peoples selfish
ness end SINS"
Tears gushed into Faiths eyes and
she sank back upon her pillow. ut
feels awful" she confessed. sBut
Pm not really good. I'm selfishly
unselfish, / suppose, because that's
the way l get almost my only pleas
ure In life-doing things for other
people. IT'S just as selfish as being
frankly selfish" she added, q note
of bitterness and misunderstanding
in her voice.
mo, it isn't" Cherry contradicted
her eagerly. because good for
others does result. I tried being un-
selfish this afternoon" she laughed
ruefully. "And Pm afraid I've made
an awful mess of the dinner. I
tried to follow cookbook recipe for
baked eggplant and it looks decided
ly queer, and I'm sure the jello
won't jell in time. But I can fill
it up with sliced fruit"
"Sweet Cherry!" Faith cried,
reaching for those understanding
little hands and kissing the finger
tips. you're not angry with me
any more? I didn't mean to be q
nuisance, forcing myself on you"
Don't, darling!' Cherry pleaded
contritely. "You make me feel such
an awful little beast. I just wanted
to examine Cherry's heart and soul
a little. all by myself, and now
you. always do come to you,
sooner or later, don't II" she asked
wistfully. you've spoiled me dread
fully, darling, but ! do love you most
overwhelmingly"
EXT: Cherry tries to analyze
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such donations should. be wisely and carefully
selected, not an attempt to "clean house" of
items too worn or shoddy for use. Garments
selected should be in fair state of prescrva-
ton. In the days Of the old missionary box,
it was not uncommon to send straw hats and
Palm Beach suits to the arctic circle and fur
garments into torrid zones. Just little horse
sense and care in donations will ease the prob
lem Of collection and distribution. BY calling
the local Red Cross headquarters it can be
ascertained readily just what is needed in this
pressing exigency.
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Federal Crop Reports

The Coolidge administration might be able
20 assist the farmers effectively through care
.ul censure of the reports of federal crop es-
.imators. Doubtless a thorough overhaullng
# the system Of crop reports, whether in the
wheat, cotton or tobacco belt, might disclose
some untimely and injudicious releases on the
part of the department of agriculture.
Under the present system Of marketing grain
products, government reports play q greal
part in the fixing Of prices. Prices rise and
fall with weather reports, and any other cir
:umstances affecting possible yields. OF
course this is a perfectly natural economic
process. If the government did not survey crop
prospects, some other agency not nearly as
lisinterested might and probably would invade
sr-t field.
But the mere designation, federal report"
ives the crop estimates Of the federal en-
loyes often more weight than is justified. In
any instances the effect Of these reports has
\ cen injurious to the farmers, bearing down
Ss'1aket prices below what actual conditions
sometimes have justified.
Probably q thorough investigation into the
operation Of the bureau of crop estimates un-
Ter the federal government might result in
more orderly marketing and the maintenance
II prices consistent with the supply. Econ
ymists know that price control Of food prod
|lcts e not feasible, but better cooperation in
she handling Of government estimates, espe-
elo1ly when the product is moving to market,
niei,t help some. It would not cost much to
(frd out how efficient the crop reporting sys-
"a of ~ federal government is, anyway.
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Twin City theatres have settled their trou-
oles with employees by a slight increase in
wages. The battle has been long and bitter,
most uncomfortable to the patrons whose ease
the strikers did not hesitate to disturb. "Not
a victory for either side" sighed the relieved
theatre managers in their statements to the
press.
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Minot bootleggers are learning that it pays
% plead guilty and not put the government to
he expense Of jury trial. Not many moons
ago the court made it plain that those found
guilty by jury would probably get less consid-
sration than the bootlegger who took his medi-
line by the plea Of guilty route. A most wise
announcement by the court.
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A Thought

Set thine house in order
Isaiah 1881.
The friend of order has made half
his way to virtue.-Lavater.