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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-12
Editorial Comment
WAGE.EARNiNG WIVES
New York Herald-Tribune)

NNeW DIRK HeraId-IrlDune)
Setting back the hands of the clock is mild char
acerzaton of the tentative decision of the Long Island
railroad to discharge all the married women amcpg
it's employees. Such discrimination is a relic Of The
day-now decidedly on the wane-when the cry "Worn-
only has the whole ntrenched itself in office
be considered their merits as Individuals with the
same freedom to order their domestic lives that men
have.
This is not to say that marriage, and especially the
bearing and rearing OF children, does not complicate
their problems 60 wage earners But that should be
considered their own affair. So long married
other workers similarly employed they should be
gagged and promoted without regard to their domestic
status Any other procedure is bound confuse and
retard societys adaptation to the industrial dspen-
sation.
The initiative in the Of the Long Islands con-
tsmpated action seems to have come from the clerks
tie motives behind it is tbs Jealousy OF wageearnine
have to support themselves, and with dependent
families resent having to bid against those who can
afford to work for less because they merely
trbuting to the family income. But their attitude in
this respect quite shortsghted that of organized
labor when fought the introduction of labor-savina
machinery. The utilization Of all available labor,
though may depress the wage scale here and there
temporarily, adds in the long to the general wealth
and thereby promotes employment and increases wages
Social adjustment to the industrial order is still at
tended with pain. But this will be neither lghtened
nor shortened by such reactionary resistance thai
which the Long Island railroad has in mind.
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TO CROSS WITH DIGNITY

national committee which takes its task the
study of the pedestrian problem in relation to vehicu-
lar traffic to have got the thing down suit
able formula. 1t prescrbes that the pedestrian shall be
afforded Z safe and "dignified" crossing.
This certainly touches the spot for Of the causes
Of abiding bitterness in the heart of the pedestrian is
the hop, skip and jump with which he has to pile
himself across street to avoid cars making a corner
turn merely to escape the ordinary pers Of straight
way traffic.
The sudden start, and momentary alarm; the grand
rush OF ignominy towards the sidewalks when the
signal changes with the pedestrians scattered along
the crossings all these things and more the pedestrian
sees personified in the motor vehicle and it's driver.
The word "dignified" is good. The pedestrian must
not 60 to sleep the crossing, but at the least he
should be permitted safe and dignified progress.
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THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER RISES

An English dramatist is preparing play, for pro-
duction in London in which the Unknown Soldier risca
from his tomb in Westminster Abbey and speaks his
mind about various things that have happened since
the Armistice.
London. Ex-servce mems organizations have protest.
ed, and number Of such prominent people rs Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle have joined them. The Unknown
Soldier, they say is too revered national character
to be put in play.
Given reverent, intelligent treatment, it is hard to
why such theme should give offense. To be sure,
it is possible that the Unknown Soldier might have
rather caustc things to say about the way Eng
lands diplomats and leaders have nanhandled The ideals
for which he died. 1t might be quite discomfortng
to hear a message from him.
Is someone in London, perhaps. stirring up these
protests with that in mind?
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TUNED girlies, some Of whom look as
though they might be gypsies, pitter-
patter from table to table, staring
into the emptied cups, studying the
arrangement of the dregs and COM
menting: "How very interesting!
What an exciting time you have in
store"
Which is, of course, more than the
good tea-bibblers can, stand. They
chortle, "Tell me more!"
And, they tell me, it's becoming a
very profitable racket.
But with cold fall winds opposition
in fortune telling can always be ex-
pected from the real gypsies. With
the approach of winter they drift in
from the highways, dressed in their
gay skirts and silken headgear. They
choose Manhattan as q wintering
place. am told, because Of its gull
libility. Doorways are turned into
fortune telling booths; empty store
rooms display huge charts Of palms
and business goes on as usual.
=. A large number of them. have a
list of customers that keep them
busy through most of the winter.
GILBERT SWAN. 3
Copyright 1928. NEA Service. Incl
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WHERE HAPPINESS LIES

It's fine thing to have ambition. To make sue
cess your goal and devote all your time to fighting
for it is very praiseworthy
But first of all, it's good thing to know just what
success is.
In certain office we know Of there works man we'll
on in his ffties He has subordinate positions he fills
it we'll enough, but he never will be promoted. He
draws salary of perhaps $40 $45 week, and lives
with his wife in modest apartment in not-too-
exclusive part Of town.
There are in that office several young men, young
enough to be his sons, who outrank him and draw
higher pay than he gets. They have a god deal OF
secret pity for him. They headed for success,
money and influence, while he will always be an under
ling; and they feel that it must be very hard for him
to have to recognize his mediocrity.
Perhaps it is. But one evening Of the bright
young men went to dinner at the older mans house,
and after that he didn't pity him look down on him
any more.
The apartment was very modest-but it q real
home. The mans middle-aged wife, her hair slightly
gray was cordial and gracious hostess. There was
. good dinner, and then there was quiet peaceful
evening around the fireplace. And sitting there, the
young man forgot that his elderly friend failure.
They talked about good many things; about life and
happiness, and ambition and achievement, and love;
and it became evident that the older man had seen
through the hams and pretenses with which the world
deudes most Of US, and had found deep. underly
ing secret on which he had been able to build happiness
and contentment.
For the ageing couple felt neither discouraged nor
defeated. They had home, with cozy living room,
warm fire and many books they had each other; and
they had an experience of life from which they had
drawn strength and wisdom. And the young man, who
u-,d to look down condescendngy the other, found
himself hoping that when he reached his fties he could
b. as serene as untroubed and unafrad the
elaerly failure.
The older man, you see. was success after all
There is more than kind of success in this world
To make money and achieve power is one kind to know
life, find loving companonshp and gain contenment
is another And this latter kind be far salts
flying than the other
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PRODUCING MODEL A

Dispatches from Detroit report that production Of
the Model Ford car is slightly above $500 q
day. and still going up. simultaneously, it is stated
that Chevrolet is making $500 cars daily.
The average reader doubt all of this in
of great race, or battle between Ford and General
Motors, with overto9es of clnking cash registers
the enormous profits gathered in. Actually, how
ever, its significance is something quite different
Here upwards of 10000 automobiles being made
daily for the American public They excellent
cars-good looking reliable sturdy low-priced. They
will serve to bring freedom Of movement to countless
Americans. The rivalry between two industrial giants
with the attendant vast profits, is not the important
thing The important thing is the rate at which the
motorzation of America is being continued.
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Cabarets are becoming popular in
China, says = dispatch. War, then
country certainly has
taken up the American idea.
This Is . swift age, but II still!
takes lots Of women thirty. nine
years to reach thirty.
In Is Kansas counties the wheat
yield 10 expected to run $4,000, 900
bushels above that Of last year.
Several boards Of trade are re.
ported Is anxious to relieve the
farmers Of some Of It without any
charge.
About $4,000 airplanes will be
made in the United States during
1928, = magazine writer estimates.
Still there are q number Of people
in this country who prefer to fly
off the handle.
A British official, criticizinR
Americas proposal to outlaw war.
remarked that "ths United States
goes on increasing the size Of her
navy" Mere ornaments, Of course,
not armamsnts.
/ A California man il suing hh
FORMER wife Tor more alimony.
Now and then some red-blooded he.
man steps. ont to help strike of the
shacklss that the poor male haA
worn Tor thousands 81 years.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, lnc.)
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER
(NEA Service Writer)

Washington, Oct. 12.-Nearly two
years after the last great flood began
to wreak it's havoc in the Mississippi
valley work on the nations big flood
control project will actually begin.
The army engineers expect that by
January or February they can begin
erecting the side levees on tho Bon
net Care spillway above New Or
leans. This will be the first major
operation in the project. Two things
remain before it can be done.
First, President Coolidge must 4p-
prove the report Of the foed advisory
board which Congress directed to
reconcile the plan Of the army en-
gineers with the ideas OF the Mis-
sissippi River Commission.
Contrary to q widespread impress
sion, Congress did not appropriate
1925 100000 for the flood control
project. It merely autherized the
appropriation Of such sum and the
appropriation can be made by Cob
gress alone. The army engineers ex-
pect that the president will have ap-
proved the advisory boards report
before Congress meets in December
and that Congress will lose little
time in appropriating money with
which they may begin the job.
Subsequently Congress will $50
up the question Of work on the tribu-
taries. The flood control a.. t~-.-4
at the last session covers only the
main stem sof the Mississippi from
Cairo, ILL.,, to the Gulf of Mexico. +.
The army engineers obtained q
total appropriation Of $24,00O,0O0 fol-
immediate work on the Mississippi
and are expanding it on measures re.
garded as Immediately necessary
and not on the main project. They
have been spending $1O,OOO,O00 3
year on flood work and $4,000, 0O(
was added for emergency and repail
work. They were unable to spene
money on features of their MAR
project which were in dispute.
Hence. the work in progress sine.
Congress adjourned was designed II
take care Of urgent necessities. Thu
necessary operations were divided in
to three main classes: levec con
struction, bank revetment and dredg
ing.
This was merely a continuation O
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Oct. H. The bright
lights now play quite a. prominent
. part in death as in the life of
New York.
One Of the city's largest mortu-
aries now displays huge and fiery
sign to the night skies. Seeing it
from distance, one would expect it
to mark some gay pleasure resort.
These new Manhattan mausoleums,
by the way, are veritable cities Of
the dead. They are huge buildings,
some Of them q block in dimension,
and so built that they can some day
take on skyscraper proportions, if
desired. Lack of actual ground
space and general value Of property
make the old-fashioned graveyard
all but impossible, and frightfully
expensive. Hence the growth Of the
individual crypt systems. In some
Of them there is room for tens OF
thousands Of bodies. One has q
LEGION Of honor" where number
of eminent citizens have been laid
to rest, and where space has been
reserved for more than q thousand
dignitaries who some day will have
to 90 the way Of all flesh.
And while minded Of such matters
lit has always seemed to me that
there is nothing quite so depressing
quite so melancholy and suggestive
of the loneliness in which some die
and live as the Undiscovered crepe
symbol: that can be seen hanging
from the outside doorways Of The
cheap rooming houses.
Sometimes there ID not so much Is
door upon which to hang these
Sometimes the stairway to the room
ing house is caught tightly between
two mean looking stores and thu
crepe is placed just inside tho en-
trance way.
Generally the attached spray Of
flowers j. faded and windblown
stained by wind, rain and dirt ant
hanging dismally before half-da!
il done.
l am told that a number of con
Germs rent out artificial flowers ant
crepes and that they are used Owe
and over again. Certainly some O
them seem much used.
And always there is the sugges
ton Of anonymity-some poor SOU
',ho lived and died in squalid
darkened room, without friends, per
Laps wltnous any human sympathy.
The cult Of "tea reading" has be
come vogue in certain arty littl
tea shops in the midtown belt.
Here corps Of colorfully cos
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DR.. McCoy's menus suggested for
the week beginning Sunday, October
IL: $50 ~.
Sunday
Breakfast - Coddled eggs, Melba
toast, stewcd prunes.
Lunch - Baked Hubbard squash,
salad Of vegetables (string beans,
peas and carrots, nodded in gelatin).
Dinner-Roast chicken or pork,
stewed tomatoes (canned), cooked
spinach, salad Of head lettuce, ice
cream (small portion).
= Monday
Breakfast-Real wholewheat bread
and peanut butter, stewed figs.
Lunch - Avocado salad, cooked
beet tops.
Dinner-Broiled. steak with mush-
rooms, baked ground beets, salad Of
sliced cucumbers, apple whip.
Tuesday
Breakfast - Baked eggs, Melba
toast, stewed raisins.
Lunch-Orange souffle. glass Of
milk.
Dinner-Baked mutton. buttered
vegetables (beets, carrots, turnipS
and peas, cooked separately, served
diced together, and seasoned with
only butter), salad of raw spinach.
Wednesday
Breakfast--Cottage cheese, pine
apple (fresh or canned-if canned,
discard syrup).
Lunch-Carrot loaf (grated with
q little celery and baked), cooked
oyster plan.
Dinner-Baked whitefish, spinach,
asparagus, Mccoy salad, no dessert.
Thursday
Breakfast-Poached egg on Melba
toast, crisp bacon.
Lunch-Eight-ounce glass Of fresh
cider.
Dinner-Stuffed and rolled round
steak (use diced carrots, celery,
parsley and Melba toast crumbs as
stuffing, and bake steak one hour).
Friday
Breakfast-French omelet, Melba
toast, baked apple.
Lunch-Ten or IL dates, pint Of
buttermilk.
Dinner - Broiled filet Of sole,
cooked oyster plant, squash, salad Of
tomatoes and cucumbers, no dessert.
Saturday
Breakfast-Coddled egg, genuine
wholewheat bread and butter, stewed
raisins. e
Lunch Baked sweet potatoes,
cooked celery, cooked lettuce.
Dinner Veal loaf Chopped
cooked veal and parsley nodded in
gelatin), baked parsnips, cooked to.
matoes, salad of raw celery and ripe
olives, pear sauce.
Fresh vegetables should be thor.
oughly cleaned, with q vegetable
brush, under running water in orde,
to remove all trace of grit or poison
spray. The water that clings after
the final washing usually affords
sufficient moisture to start the cook.
ing process, especially where The
thick aluminium pans are used, and
with little care almost any vegeta.
BILE may be entirely cooked in prac.
tically its own juice either over thu
flame on top Of the stove, or by bak.
ing. Many vegetables which art
commonly cooked by boiling Of
!, steaming may be given . desirable
and different" taste by baking
such as ground beets, turnips, car
rots, etc. The flavor may be varie(
by slight browning on top.
! In either boiling or baking
vegetables. avoid overlooking an(
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Canker' Sores

Question: D. F. writes: II am
frequently troubled with canker
sores. Can you give me any infor.
nation az to the best method Of
treating them?
Answer: Canker sofes are usually
caused by = condition Of acidosis,
and an acid fruit diet for few days
is usually advisable after which YOU
should follow the menus outlined in
my newspaper articles.
Digestive Troubles Of Children
!. Question:: G. D. w. writes: II
have been reading your articles on
health with interest, and wish your
advice in regard to MI rrandchii.
dren, ages three and one-half and
rive years: They are very healthy
ioking children, but the older one
quite frequently eats his breakfast
and vomits it up almost immediate
~. They both grind their teeth at
night till one can scarcely sleep in
the same room with them. Will YOU
kindly tell me the cause, and what
should be done for them?"
Answer: Your grandchildren are
probably overeating, and using bad
combinations Of food. The grind Of
teeth at night is usually caused by
some form Of indigestion. The older
child who vomits his breakfast
doubtless does SO because his stom-
ach is still upset from the meal Of
the evening before. Try giving the
children lighter dinner, and / am
sure these troubles will disappear.
Acid Reaction
Question: ]. L. writes: "Please
tell me what foods or combinations
TOT foods produce acid in the kidneys.
Is milk or buttermilk good in the
Answers: Normal urine has a
slightly acid reaction. When too
much starch, sugar or protein is
used, there will be an over-aciditv
Of the urine produced. There is sell
dom any reason for trying to pro-
duce more acid in the urine, but the
diet treatment which ID usually ad.
vised in all kinds Of kidney deranae-
ments is one which will reduce the
acid rather than increase it. A milk
or buttermilk diet il an excellent
treatment for adjusting metabolisn,,
and to assist in balancing the GUAM
tity and quality Of urine 10 o. to
make it less irritating.
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actual benefit derived from fresh or
canned vegetables.
It Is believed by some that the vi
tamins in vegetables are iessened
through the process Of canning, but
with our modern methods Of canning
the loss OF vitamins IL 80 slight rs
to be Of no consequence. NY advice
Is to stock your pantry with q va
riety OF canned vegetables to be
used when the fresh ones are not
procurable, and thus guarantee your.
self . plentiful supply Of these es-
sential minerals every day in the
year.
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what the engineers have been doing
for many years along the "levees
only" theory.
When the 1927 flood hit the valley
not all the levees had been completed
up to the standard set by Congress
in 1914. Before beginning construc-
ton of new levees, the flood control
act provided that the old levees be
brought up to the 1914 standard.
Their new big project, adopted by
Congress subject to any alterations
by the advisory board and now vir-
tually endorsed en- toto by that board
in it's recent report, additionally pro-
vides for 4 spillway above New Or
leans and three floodwayy along the
river.
1t will take about ten years to COM
plete the project and meanwhile the
total cost is matter Of argument, O.
| it cannot be accurately determined
until the job is we'll under way. The
amount which will have to be paid
for flowage damage is one Of the
indefinite factors.
Tentative estimates for the work
on the control project for the first
year have been placed at $50, 1000 900
and the money will be provided for
in the appropriation bill, which will
be ready when Congress meets.
Surveys have been made, plans laid
out and options obtained on the
rights Of way for the Bonnet Carre
spillway, soIthat this relief measure,
regarded % the most important. car
be begun promptly as soon as money
is available. The first task is tc
build side levees from the river t.
Lake Pontchartrain. The five-mile
floodway between these levees will
have q capacity of 100000 second feet
Of water, and discharge into this
floodway from the spillway dam will
begin whenever the flood stage ri
New Orleans reaches a certain point
The other main new features are
diversion {loodways in the Atcha
falaya and Tensas basins and river
bank floodway from Cairo to New
Madrid, Mo. !.
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ENFORCING TRAFFIC. LAWS
New York TimAal

The only way to command respect for traffic laws
to enforce th:m without fear or favor. Swift pun
shaent should follow violations Yet in fact there are
IN many communities persons who have pull" with
and who pay no fines when served with notice to
appear In court to charge Of fast driving,
Of disregardng signals, Of failing to yield the right
OF way The Cafety bureau Of the police department
traffic division in analysis Of accidents in the first
SIX months OF the year has shown that responsibility
was due to unwillngnsss Of motorists to obey traffic
rules in ncet cases How many Of them escaped the
penalty OF the law ID not brought out In addressing
the safety congress, Chief Justice McAdoo Rtimated
that were not always visited upon offend
quash cases in their courts. There otherwise
spectacle men, he said who consider themselves good
citizens and yet would ring up 1t o'clock IN the
morning to ask me to intercede for them or for a
friend in the traffic court"
Impressive was the testimony Of Chief Of Police
by vigorous enforcement Of the law. About year ago
he determined hst the police SHOULD be held to ths
performance Of their duty. When he began his "drve
cummcnsss to court were good deal Of farce He
calculated that from 10000 to 5000 tickets" wore
waste CT paper every year. The chiof fourd him
self unpopular. But he elowcd no fayors and dofcd
The politicians In 1927 the number Of persons killed
in automobile accidents in Detroit 243 This total
has been reduced By almost third Safety education
had been psrscveringly preached but not until CHIEF
Ps, fgsee went g. :fs ts the careless rel driver
government did the Of accidents sharply down
Hers in New York "in5luenca" h not 90 potent .,
used to BE-. The Brooklyn traffic court collected
$220096 in fines in the first six months Of this
No less than $4,000 cases disposed of. In default
Jail Few who have been fined fail afterwsrd to excr
che eare il driving Safety first should be something
m0yo than maxim IN Greater New York II the po).tl
and courts keep Up theiy good work.
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seek for meaning and design in the complex pattern
Of which we = part. Without some firm faith
and confidence in purpose to life still in the
shadow Of tragedy-the tragedy of finding our abors
and ideals mockery and our life itself jest
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The briar lbruyere) from which
pipes get their names is really the
root Of . tree heather formerly
grown only in France, where, how
ever, the supply is giving out.