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Editorial Comment
Reading the Riot Act"
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Reading the riot act" was suggested by the
Riot Act, which was enacted by the British
Parliament in TIA during the first year of the
reign of King George |. Although laws had
been previously passed on the subject, the Riot
Act was the first comprehensive attempt to
prevent or suppress tumultuous and riotous
meetings. It provided that if IL or more per-
sons were unlawfully assembled and disturbing
the peace, the sheriff, justice of the peace, or
mayor was commanded to read the following
proclamation in their presence: "Our Sovereign
Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all
persons being assembled Immediately to dis
perse themselves, and peacefully to depart to
their habitations or to their lawful business,
upon the pains contained in the act made in
the first year of King George for preventing
tunultuous and riotous assemblies. God save
the King" If the persons refused to dispense
and continued together for an hour or more,
they were guilty of felony. Many of the
American states have enacted similar laws.
TO read the riot act" literally means to give
notice to crowd to dispense under penalty of
law. Popularity, it means to give warning call
up for reprimand, or to rebuke severely.
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The American Farmer
(Grand Ranids. Mich Herald

(Grand Rapids, Mich, Herald)
John T. McCutcheon, The Chicago Tribune's
brilliant cartoonist, knows his farmers Nc
Cutcheon has given The Tribune many powerful
cartoons, but never one more graphically teach
ing little-understood story than TUESDAYS
sketch of the American farmer McCutcheor's
farmer has retired for the night to his modest
bed. His working trousers hang over the bed
post, his boots are on the floor beside him. He
is ready for sleep, but phantom figures of
plaguing problems perplex his mind He cannot
sleep. The fear of killing frosts, insect pests,
crop failure. overproduction, drought, floods,
excessive rainfall, unsympathetic legislation.
and high freight rates keep him awake. This
is fair picture of the American farmer as we
know him. The city man goes to and from
his work daily, unworried by storms, frosts, and
droughts. If he assemblies the necessary mate
rial with adequate machinery he can rest, as
sured that whatever he starts out to manu-
facture will be produced as finished product.
But the farmer plants his seeds in the spring,
and Immediately his worries begin Early
frosts may blight the sprouting plants. Insect
pests may nibble the leaves and destroy the
roots. Rain may flood his fields and drown the
crops or fail utterly and leave them to wither
in thirst. Even though in good season he
may produce bumper CROP he is harassed by
the knowledge that other farmers also have
similar rich harvests and the market likely will
be oversupplied. This is the lot Of the Ameri-
can farmer. He is an industrious, persevering;
tenacious, steadfast, pertinacious optimist, who
deserves whatever legislative relief it is possible
to grant him
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WASHINGTON 81
LETTER SKI

which we have killed so many ma
tivcs.
"The parties and candidates ought
either to endorse or condemn the
lame duck amendment.
"That issue ought to be brought
up in the campaign Of every senator
and representative who voted
against it. Those who favor it
ought to stress it in every cam
paign and the voters ought to de-
mand how their representatives in
Congress voted on it-and why!
There is another serious issue
in the fact that the House of Rep
resentatives is controlled by an
oligarchy of five or six men. The
reason is that it is so large that
power has to be concentrated in the
hands of few to make the machine
work. The real cure for that is
to cut the membership down to
about 200.
Il don't see how both parties can
avoid prohibition enforcement as an
issue. One can't if the other
doesn't.
"The people ought to demand
that the prohibition law be en-
forced in good faith.
ut never has been."
Senator Norris, Of course, is the
man who has fought for years, al
most alone, to keep the great gov
eminent property at Muscle Shoals,
Ala, from being turned over to pow
err companies for private cxploita-
ton.
He first became nationally prom
inent when he led the revolt of the
House insurgents against the iron
dictatorship of Speaker Joe Cannon.
He has been an insurgent ever since
and is probably the only real pro-
gressive leader in the country who
is never accused of being demagogic
or insincere. He is the only man
now in the Senate who voted
against the declaration of war on
Germany and probably the only one
there who never plays partisan
politics.
The lame duck amendment to
which he refers is his own. 1t
would end the lame duck, or short
session, by bringing each new Con-
gress into office within a couple OF
months of it's election instead of Ii
months later, as now. Everyone
admits that the present system IS
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer

Washington, May Ex-senator
George w. Norris of Nebraska
chairman Of the Senate judiciar,
committee, was the only ma. founc
in Il days search of Capitol Hill who
was willing to talk about presi.
Dental campaign issues.
II don't know what the CAM
paign issues will be-" he said, "but
l can tell you what they ought to
be-"
The senator's political creed
isn't popular with many people, but
he is commonly regarded here as
the biggest man in the Senate to-
day, so here goes:
"Everything depends on what
happens at the conventions" he be-
gan. "Thc Republicans can't evade
the biggest issues if the Democrats
take them up. IF the standpatters
in both parties who have been de-
nouncing the progressive element
control both conventions we won't
hear much about those issues from
either party.
"Monopoly ought to be the main
issue. We ought to have a candi-
date who would be willing to tackle
the trusts, particularly the water
power trust.
"That issue is linked with the
conservation OF our natural re-
sources. particularly water power.
punishment Of those who have
violated the law, who have bribed
and debauched the government,
ought to be somewhat of an issue,
it seems to r..
"And railroad freight rates.
"Thc assumption Of power by the
executive has become q vitality i'm
portant Issue. Appointments Of
men to positions of public trust in
which they are supposed to serve
the people ,as whole ought not to
come from the fellows who believe
implicitly that big business can do
no wrong. That has brought about
a very unsatisfactory situation.
81 suppose endorsement Of the
Coolidge policies will be an issue.
but it involves all that sort Of
thing.
81 don't see how our foreign
policy can help becoming an issue,
after the war in Nicaragua during
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Problem of MiSfitS

The misfit or the subnormal individual has
come to be a perplexing problem in today S
social structure. In former years, when the
pace was not so rapid, and when the pressure
Of earning ones living was not SO great, the
misfit and the subnormal got along fairly well.
Today efficiency has become the keynote, ana
the individual who cannot keep. up with MS
fellows finds few inches in which he can TIT.
The problem then is one of adjustment to exist
ing conditions. Thousands of individuals are
held to be subnormal when the real difficulty
lies in the fact that they are wrongly placed IN
the scheme of things. They struggle along
against heavy odds, unhappy and unproductive,
when through adjustment of the factors that
surround their lives they might be made useful
members of society.
Social service agencies and workers seem to
have overlooked this field of service An ex-
ception is New York City where there is a
neurological institute devoted to this branch
of social service.
What would be the rewards of this work?
There is possibility of making thousands OF
men and women happy and successful. There
are thousands to be made productive now and
independent in later years. Even the suicide
toll might be curtailed, for large percentage
of suicides come from this class Of unfortunates.
The idea, fortunately, is spreading that cor
receive work with misfits and subnormals can
be of great value. More effort in this direction
might prove partial solution of the crime and
pauper problems.
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PHYSIC-THERAPY TREAT.
MENTS

so many people ask me about
electrical and physical methods Of
treatment that I am giving you a
list that contains some of those most
frequently referred to in questions.
Practically every doctors office
contains some Of these apparatus
for applying physio-therapy.
Deep therapy lamps. These
lamps are found in a variety of
forms and they are all good. Their
action increases the amount Of
blood in given area, and relaxes
the tissues. They are a useful adj
junct to any form Of manipulative
treatment. They promote the abb
sorption Of toxins and increase the
rapidity of healing. They are USE
full in lessening the danger Of post
operative adhesions, and in soften
ing adhesions that have already
formed.
Ultraviolet ray, known by
various names as: Actinic ray,
quartz light, alpine light, kromire
lamp, mercury-quartz. This type of
light tans the skin and increases the
body's ability to absorb calcium and
to metabolize fat. It is q very USE
full method in such deficiency dis
eases as anemia and tuberculosis. It
can also be used to destroy tissues
and is frequently used to remove
skin blemishes; also in certain
throat conditions. This ray is pres
ent in sunlight, but will not pene-
trate glass. It may cause blindness
if allowed to. shine directly into the
eyes, and for this reason both doc
tor and patient use special glasses
when treating with this ray. Spe-
cial carbons may be used in carbon
arc lamps to generate this ray. The
actinic ray does not penetrate very
deeply, it's action being principally
on the blood as it passes through
the surface capillaries of the skin.
Intra-red. This ray is one of the
most penetrating rays known, and
is especially valuable to promote
the granulation of wound and stimu-
late the healing power of the body.
This is the ray that penetrates
through the soil and causes the
seeds to sprout. It is invisible to
the naked eye. Pictures may be
taken by its means in a totally
darkened room.
Diathermy. This is a high-fre-
quency current that means cheat in
between" This is exactly what it
does. By means Of diathermy a
physician can cause any amount of
heat to be formed internally or ex-
ternally. And, furthermore, the
hottest point may be directed to al
most any depth, desired. Suppose
the physician desires to apply heat
iE the lungs in case of pneumonia;
he simply arranges the pads and
current accordingly and develops
any desired heat right inside the
lungs where it does the most good.
The temperature of the current may
be increased to such an extent as
to prove a cautery, and is frequent
~ used to remove moles and warts.
High-frequency and violet ray are
simply mild forms Of diathermy, and
are used for stimulation. The many
uses of this type of current are
astounding. It can be used to either
raise or lower the blood pressure
and can be used any place that heat
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Future Of the White Race

Figures CLEANED from somewhere by a
lecturer OH that eternal question Can the white
race survivor show that Of the 12,5O0,OOO
babies born in the world every year only
100000 are Of white parentage. The remain
ing 10000. 900 include Africans, Orientals and
other Asiatics, and all other non-white peoples
The same lecturer finds that the negro popu-
lation in America today is 15,O0O,OOO. compared
with 100000 in 1890; that the white British
people number 67OOO.OOO. while in India alone
there are 7O,OOOOOO Mohammedans; that
Japan's annual increase in population is more
than ten times that of Australia.
Such racial statistics have way of making
alarmists of otherwise rational people. In fact
the compiler of the figures given herewith fears
the white race is destined to eventual extinction
and cited his statistics as proof" that his
fears are we'll founded.
His own computations, showing the white
race to be multiplying at the rate of 100000
q year, disproves his theory Of extinction, but
for purposes of argument what of it If the
world some day should be populated by blacks,
browns and yellows?
A Wesleyan clergyman has aptly remarked
that the world was not made for white
people; it was made for mankind. And an
other Anglo-Saxon has observed that white
men should not fear those Of another color but
them.
Morality knows nothing of geographical
boundaries or distinctions of race" And racial
prejudices and fears are the fruits of differ
ences in culture and customs, not in color.
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crash the gate Of Flo Ziegfeld each
season, so I am told. And 800 is
the maximum number he is likely
to select, even in a busy season.
What of the other 14,2O0?
Ziegfeld makes his famous selec-
tions in a bare-looking rehearsal
hall. An extraordinary number of
applicants are accompanied by their
mothers. Scores of these have the
notion that, thanks to the strange
yarns that go about, their daughters
will be made to strip for inspection.
As matter Of fact, nothing of the
sort happens in any legitimate pro-
Quoting concern. When the candi-
dates have been reduced to the me-
cessary quota they are asked to
come back ad appear in bathing
suits.
Ziegfeld, by the way, is the son
Of q prominent figure in the world
Of music-the late head Of the Chi
cago College of Music. Few re-
call, by the way, that his first wife
was the famous Anna Held, whose
figure was considered the me plus
ultra" of grandpa's day.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)
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and sterile. A nation that lives and dies by the
machine, we fairly lap up books telling up that
all machines are futile and soul-searing.
What does it mean, anyway? Why are we,
the hard-facts Americans, spending $25O,OOO,-
600 annually on books?
1t means, plainly enough. that we are not half
as matcrialistic anti unthinking as some people
tell us. We are not stagnating into COM
placent conservatism. We are more alert and
awake than ever before.
1t is all immensely encouraging.
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Despite such distractions as ocean flights,
heavyweight championship fights and Missis-
sippi floods, the American people last year man.
aged to spend $3.50, 100000 on books.
These figures were revealed at the convention
of the American Booksellers Association in At
lantic City recently. The money bought APP
proximately 100000, 900 books-twice the num-
Der sold annually decade ago.
OF course, great number of these books
were utter trash and might as well never have
been written. Yet the fact remains that this
1ectual curiosity and alertness on the part of
the American public. And this is something
more or less new.
For q great many years the citizens of the
republic had little use for any abstract IDEAS
Hard, concrete facts were all that interested
anyone. One of the greatest poets in the
worlds history-Walt Whitman-was unable to
arouse more than ripple OF public attention
Van Wyck Brooks has pointed out how Mark
Twain, born to be Swift or Cervantes, had
to content himself with harmless jocosties be-
cause he knew the public would not buy any.
thing more weighty.
But the pendulum has swung the other way,
With q vengeance. Instead Of ignoring new
faeas we are fairly falling over ourselves to
l3evour them. Let any moderately talented
Young man write book that advances an idea
sven family original and his fortune is made
We fall upon him en- masse, with heaven-rend-
M shouts, and hail him as genius.
There is something surprising about our
Hiking for books that criticize US. A nation
fnot Worships its business men, we dote on
11Yo1ks which paint our business men as purblind
orons. nation Of builders and doors, we
yd r books that proclaim oil our deeds inept
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IN NEW YORK

New York, May 24.-Modern in
vention has put an end to the Man.
haitian job to which I had looked
forward for my declining years.
Insofar as it had . title, this
grandest of possible jobs was
known as "cloud watcher" It con-
sisted Of sitting on top Of q sky
scraper, telescopeAin hand, and tip
ping off the electric power company
when particularly heavy clouds, or
storms, were sighted. Since the
slightest change in light means
that tens Of thousands of offices
will suddenly switch on their lights,
the power plant must be prepared
to meet the emergencies. When the
city is plunged into darkness by
q sudden storm or by the appear
ance Of overhanging clouds, the
strain on the power production Is
considerable. !,
And SO this lone roof-top vigil
went on day upon day. What an
opportunity to turn philosopher OF
poet in ones old age! With the
roaring city far below, with the
ueCtlC IOOAOo. Va SOAO4sSSsAoU0 AA@S
far behind, what happier task than
to sit philosophically contemplate
ing the approaching clouds-eveu
as the country lad upon his hill
side!
But 4 little mechanical device
now tells Of the coming storms
and worker has merely to squirt
at n fluckuatino arrow.
However, as the amount Of coal
smoke grows gradually thicker and
blacker, / am told another skyline
Waterman may be put on the Job
He will merely have to signal thu
approach Of particularly heav,
smoke clouds.
This failing, there still remain.
that idyllic and incongruous tasl
of being shepherd to the Contra
Park flock Of sheep.
When the last wheeze is coming
from asthmatic merry go-round
when sunset is sending the first
long shadows over the rapt faces
Of bench warmers and neckers-
then the shepherd hears the riot o.
! taxicab honks from the park drive
ways and somehow gets his flock,
home safely, in spite Of the crowd
ed crossings. the equestrian's patti
and the traffic cops.
Fifteen thousand girlies from
] every quarter Of the globe try Il
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The schools recently were flood
ed with public utility propaganda,
says a newspaper story. The boot
leggers ought to let the young
alone.
A doctor says there are lots of
vitaphins in spinach. The trouble
is they knock the Filings out of
ones teeth.
What has become Of the old
fashioned designation "cigaret-
fiend"?
Prince Carol, ordered to leave
England, went to Belgium. Too
bad he couldn't come over to Amer
ica-the fiction writer's would have
seen him through.
What the young people need is
lots Of good advice, says Henry
Ford. It will have to be pretty
good if they have = car to take It
with.
According to the law Of aver
ages, out of ten wives, three are
ideal, says q club woman. But
then. of course. we all can't have
ten wives.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.)
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EurOpean Industry

If you think that industrial Europe has en-
tirely recovered from the effects of the World
War, consider these figures presented by the
foreign information department of the Bank
ers Trust Co., of New York.
British blast furnaces have shown an i'm
provement in pig iron production, turning out
502, 900 tons during March as compared with
55O,8OO tons in February. Yet in 1913 the
monthly average was $4,000 tons. Present
production, therefore, is still 25 per cent below
per-war levels.
To nation that leans on it's industries as
heavily as England does, that margin is i'm
portant. The World War, verify, was an ex-
pensive undertaking for everybody involved. 1t
will be many many years before workers and
employers have ceased to pay for it.
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deau because she had q ribbon over

deau because she had q ribbon over
the gauze.
It seems she got a frightful blow
on her head while riding with this
boy friend who drives the foreign
car. About two weeks ago she went
out with him and he wanted to get
to certain inn before it closed.
Shirley says she begged him to slow
up but he wouldn't do it. They hit
a bump and she was thrown against
the top Of the car and knocked un-
conscious.
Her father says he's going to sue
Ted, that's the boy. Must close now
and write a note to Michele.
Dearest love,
MARYE.
TOMORROW: About Pede and
Norman.
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evil. The Norris amendment has
passed the Senate several times,
but the House this year defeated
II

Darling Nom:
Don't worry cbout Pede. I'm
watching that bimbo like a hawk.
He's too innocent to be true. There
wasn't a hint of any change in his
manner toward me at lunch. At
first l thought everything was the
same as before his encounter with
Norman, but on second thought
don't see how he could expect to
take up our friendship just where
it was when I dropped it.
l was very careful not to give
him a chance to open up on the Sub
ject Of his affections. In fact /
told him frankly that / didn't in
tend to accept any more invitations
from him. But this once, | said.
was just to tell him how sorry
was that my boy friend had been so
brash as to start something in the
street.
He said he would be pleased to
meet my "muchacho" on the field
of honor any time. "Muchacho," I
gathered, is Spanish for "boy." Well,
I got a great idea from his remark.
I'll tell you about it if it comes to
anything.
After lunch, he wanted me to GO
for a drive with him. but / feared
he wouldn't take seriously my de-
cision not to see him again if l did,
so let him buy me lovely bunch
of gardenias and send me to where
l wanted to 60 in his car. ! went to
Shirley's.
You should have seen her eyes
pop open when I told her to look
out of the window and she saw the
car. Then I went down and sent
the driver away. / had told him
when / went in to wait for me.
l wanted Shirley to see Pede's
car because she's always Boosting
about the imported car she rides
in. l was too excited to notice at
first that she had a bandage on
her head. I thought it was ban
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question: G. K. writes: ~ nm
taking codliver oil to gain WEIGHT
and as the taste is 50 disarreeable
take orange juice with it. viii the
orange juice assist me in gaining
weight? am also troubled with
blackheads, although I keep INV
face thoroughly clean. Would a
raw fruit and vegetable diet over
come this latter condition without
making me too thin, and Should
continde my codliver oil during this
diet?"
Answer: It is not necessary for
You to take codliver oil if it is 50
disagrecable to you, for all of the
necessary vitamins are contained in
green vegetables. A raw food or
fruit diet will help you to overcome
the intestinal poisoning which is
causing you to have blackheads.
Leave out of your diet all kinds of
oils and fats for awhile, except a
small amount Of butter. The orange
juice fast will assist you in gaining
weight, in that your blood will be
so cleansed by the fast that you will
derive more good from your food
afterwards.
Question: j. H. G. writes: II read
80 much about acidosis, and my doc
tors have told me that this is the
cause Of my trouble, but they do
not tell me how to get rid Of it.
Can you help me with any advice?
Answer: The blood never be-
comes acid until death takes place,
but because Of dietetic errors the
blood which is normally alkaline.
loses some Of it's alkalinity. No
actual acid condition is present, but
only decrease in the blood's
alkalinity. To increase the bases
or alkalies of the blood, use more
green vegetables, combine your
foods properly, exercise enough to
keep your metabolism balanced, and
substitute constructive habits Of
thought for destructive ones.
Acidosis is a forerunner of many
diseases, and an alkaline balance
must be maintained or you will be
subject to one disease after another
which finds root and starts growth
in acidosis.