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frowns on cradles for babies. Just as II does on walking
the floor with them when they cry, OF solacins them with
rubber mouth plugs, Or permitting them to suck their
thumbs.
While these things arc undesirable for babies. they may
be useful for a much older generation. 1t would be in
line for the general trend Of tho age toward an inter-
change OF functions and rights between the generations.
Today, for instance, It is not the old who are hard
boiled. but the young. Modern youth. as may be discov-
cred by consulting any available commencement grafton.
is clcar-eyed about life, free from illusion. given to prob
ing and questioning and down upon mythology in gen.
cral. 1t is the old who cling pathctically to the fairy
tales.
This process, carried a step further, gives US the oscil-
lating bed for elderly scientists. while youth sleeps on a
hysien!cally hard bed without a pillow. A professor OF
physics, rocked to sleep to the Groom o: a lullaby from
the radio. perhaps a "pacifer' in his mouth. and COM
nnunine III his dream with clcctronc angels, would be
proof that science and spirit arc friends.
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Editorial Comment
ICELAND'S THOUSAND YEARS
Duluth HERALD

SAA0U4 SA0
Representative Burtncss of North Dakota recently in
troduced a joint resolution authorizing the president to
accept the invitation Of the government of Iceland to
participate in the celebration there next year Of the
thousandth anniversary Of the establishment Of the Ice
landic parliament, the althing.
To a nation that has only lately celebrated its sesqui-
centennial, the spectacle Of q neighbor nation that is
about to celebrate the thousandth anniversary Of its
organized government is very interesting. and congress
ought by all means to adopt Mr.. Burtnesss resolution,
which provides that a special delegation of five repre-
sentatives of the American people shall be sent there.
Iceland's parliament was established In $50. only q
short time after the Norscmen effected a permanent set
Element there. and not long before Lett. son Of Eric the
Red, voyaged to "vinand," which is supposed to have
been somewhere on the coast Of what is now Massachu-
sets. Though Its powers have changed. as a body the
althing has persisted ever since, and lately it achieved a
state Of almost complete autonomy, though it is subject,
like the Danish parliament, to the king Of Denmark.
Iceland Is not only . comparatively near neighbor. but
It has contributed q very interesting strain to Americas
immigration. Mr.. Burtnesss resolution says that there
are forty thousand people Of 1celandic descent in this
country and Canada. A good many Of them are in Min
nesota and North Dakota, and there are sections, as in
Lyon county. where they predominant.
A parliament that Is . thousand years old is a spec
tacle worth noticing in this changing world. and this
country will no doubt be very glad to Join the IcclanderS
In their notable celebration next year.
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@oA"N

HUSS BURNED AT STAKE
On July 6. 14l5. John Huss. DO.
hemian religious reformer, was burned
at the stake for heresy.
Huss. q Catholic priest, became in
terested in the writings Of the Eng
lish theologian. Wiclif. which he read
eagerly and obtained permission to
lecture on them in the University of
Prague.
Wiclif had not escaped the charge
Of heresy and Huss was forbidden to
discuss IS Of his theses. derived most
~ from Wiclif.
Huss stirred the hierarchy. priests
and the monks by denouncing. in i'm
itation Of Wiclif, the corruption of
the church. In l41O Huss and his
followers were accommodated.
In 14ll. Pope John XIII pro-
claimed q crusade against King
Ladisles Of Naples and promised In
dulgences to volunteers. HuSS gave
out . university debate on indul-
gences which widened the breach be-
tween himself and the clergy.
In 14l4. obedient to q summons,
Huss went to q general council meet
Ing at Constance. He was arrested
and accused as a hereto, with 80
charges being filed against him. His
books were burned and on July / his
attempt to come to an understanding
with the prosecutors failed and he was
burned at the stake for hercsy.
The death Of Huss caused sorrow
and indignation throughout Bohemia
and LED to the socallcd HUSTLE wal.
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THE free trade theory has cursed
America. The protective theory has
blessed America. II the free trade
theory were now put into operation
If would bankrupt America."-Sen-
ator Shortridge Of California.
Il do not believe that 10 years from
now dictatorship in Europe will have
strengthened itself, no do ! believe
that European relationships are In the
end to damage European history
Ramsay Macdonald.
AT least five per cent Of the pay
roll Of the United States Is eaten up
IN tnefficiency by p~reventable noise.
The loss is 50 large that the figure
would seem incredible Donald E.
Laird. Forbes Magazine.)
"The country has grown to such an
extent that, relative to total wealth.
the present amount Of security issues
and the present volume Of speculative
credit may be . less serious burden
than half the corresponding amounts
q few years ago."-Henry Hall, (The
Nation)
knowledge Is . fine thing. but II
It goes toward making an intellectual
snob It defeats its purpose."-Booth
Harrington.
4 +
"The talkies. v at their best, fall
between two stools. On the one hand.
they are not the scenic and panto-
mimic shadow movies Of the past and.
on the other. they are not the flesh
ana blood of the theater ."-George
Jean Nathan. (The American Mer-
cury.)
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by Alice Judson Peale)
The spectacle of q cat playing with
a mouse is not q pretty one.
1nStinctively most of us would
shield q young child from the sight Of
anything Sc cruel. But few of US are
altogether clear in our minds as to
the attitude we wish to assume in re-
lation to cruelty as it must inevitably
touch the life Of any child.
VIC want our children to respect
life. to show a decent consideration
for creatures weaker and more help
less than they. But we do not want
them to be sentimental or Quixotic.
They should accept the extermina-
ton Of vermin without a shudder.
They should bring hearty appetites to
beef steak or lamb chop.
If we preach the sentimental doc
trine Of the sacrcdness Of all life the
child sooner or later must observe
the discrepancy between our preach.
ments and our practice. It is best to
be realistic in the first place. At the
same time we should select our chill
dren'S experience with unavoidable
cruelty In such manner that they will
not be rudely shocked.
First Of all. we must be clear in our
own minds. We must admit that only
to the human a c Is life ct all sacred.
In the relative security which We
have o for ourselves on earth we
can perhaps afford q few generous
gestures and q sensible, altruStic kind.
illness to creatures less powerful than
ourselves. This, reduced to the sim
plest terms and concrete situations,
the child readily IAN understand.
He will be solicitous Of the welfare
Of his pets, for he can realize that
they + creatures whom he has made
utterly dependent upon himself.
He can keep his zest for meat even
though, as he grows older, he learns
its brutal history. He never may wish
to see a cat torture q mouse, but
neither will he try to rescue the mouse
nor teach the cat ethics.
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JUNIORS

Any unnatural enlargement OF us.
sues within the body is known Is =
tumor. Some Of them do no damage
| other than might be caused by pres
sure upon neighboring organs: others
tend to injure the general health, in
wade neighboring tissues. recur after
removal, and produce death BY toxic
poisoning. There are many different
kinds Of both types Of tumors Of the
skin, depending upon the shapes and
the composition Of their cells. The
comparatively harmless engagements,
such as fatty tumors Of the skin and
the fibeous tumors Of the uterus,
have become known as benign tumors:
and the dangerous ,tumors, such as
cancer or carcinoma, ana sacomas
are known Is malignant tumors.
Millions Of dollars have been spent
In trying to discover the cause Of
malignant tuunors, but the cause Is
still unknown in spite Of the many
theories that have arisen from time to
time, each to be disproven almost as
o o as propounded. We do know,
however, that any long-continued ir-
rftation may result In cancer. The
irritation from smoking q pipe is fire.
quently the site for q cancer Of the
lip. The irritation from stomach ul-
GERS frequently results in cancer Of
the stomach. The use Of pessaries and
chemical ~preventives frequently result
In cancer Of the uterus. Old scars
are sometimes the starting point. In
both sexes, cancer Of the stomach and
intestines occurs most frequently. In
man. cancer of the rectum follows
third, Of the liver fourth, tongue fifth.
throat sixth, prostate seventh. In
women. cancer Of the breast comes
third. the womb fourth, liver fifth.
rectum sixth.
There seems to be q slight heredi-
tary tendency to cancer, but not as
much as formerly supposed. Peo-
pie living in the same family seem
more likely to have cancer. but this
IS probably caused by using the same
kind Of food and having similar hab-
its.
Z Cancer hardly Ever occurs before
middle age. the most frequent cases
occurring between the ages Of fifty
and sixty. Sometimes those who ap-
pear quite healthy while young are
affected when they grow older, but
this Is only an illusion. since most
people do not know what q healthy
person looks like. I nm convinced
that q really healthy person can never
develop cancer. About four women
are affected to every three men. Cam
Ger is now the third most important
cause Of death, closely following dis
eases Of the heart and blood vessels,
and pneumo-bronchial diseases.
When cancers begin to ulcerate, q
general body poisoning or cachexia
results. In its action, cancer seems
to resemble the chronic inflamma-
tions. such as lupus and leprosy rather
than simple tumors.
The various plasters made out Of
arsenic. turpentine. trypsin and adren-
ain are practically useless, and I have
not seen very good results from X-ray
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CONFUSION SYMPTOM OF ILLS

The ability TO see beneath the surface OF current events
Is one OF the most valuable bits OF equipment a man can
have in this modern world. Being valuable 1t is also
rare; and that. no doubt, is the reason for much OF the
confusion which grips people today-coniusion that Is re-
Elected in such diverse things as politics and the drama
literature and the school room.
Thus we have had a rather bewildering spectacle dur
ing the last few years. Innumerable books are written
to show the "hollowness' OF modern lie. Magazine
writer's. in platoons, explain that our current civilization
is rapidly sitting everything that is fair and lovely. Some
citizens demand that We join the League OF Nations. or
cry that We should scrap our army and navy forthwith;
others, with louder voices, curse the league as an inyen-
ton of unreliable Europeans and demand that We build
the greatest navy on earth. Marriage is crumbling, says
one group; marriage ought to crumble, says another. An
eminent lawyer goes about offering to prove that man Is
q soullcss machine: a college professor follows after, DEM
onstrating that VIC need a new conception OF God.
So it goes, day in and day out, extremely confusing
and often rather tiresome. Obviously, a great many peo-
pie, including many Of those to whom we naturally look
for intellectual and moral guidance, are greatly upset
about something. What. in the name Of Heaven, is an
ordinary mortal. who wants to be reasonably optimistic
and sunny about everything. to think Of it all?
There is an underlying reason for all this shouting and
murmuring. OF course; and it may be that we won't go far
wrong If We blame most OF it on the World war.
To be sure, the war has been over for 10 years, and We
have been trying all those 10 years to forget it. But its
real effects, nevertheless. are only beginning to appear.
The changes in national boundaries and the fall OF
dynasties we're not the really important things that the
war accomplished.
Most OF US did not anticipate the war. 1t came as a
frightful surprise. For a long time it fairly struck us
dumb. It was too stupendous and too awful for US to
understand.
Then, gradually, came the realization that there must
have been something ~dreadfuly wrong with our mod
ern civilization to make such q war possible. The war
was the logical, inevitable outgrowth Of the kind of social,
economic and intellectual lives we had been leading. It
was something that came upon mankind because man
kind had not been wise or unselfish or noble enough to
foresee it or avoid 1t.
Is it any wonder. then, that SO many people are con-
vinced that something is radically wrong with modern
life?
Somehow We have got to start on a new tack. It may
be a long time before we discover just what that new tack
may be. Meanwhile we will continue to have a confusion
Of counsel. with fretful people crying out against every
thing from marriage to mass production. But all Of this
surface confusion is encouraging. It at least means that
people are beginning to demand a new deal.
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comely divorce" who is suing wealthy
oil man Franklin S. Hardinge for a
quarter of a million dollars in a
breach Of promise suit. told the jury
that her fiance gave her slO0 to bury
him a wedding gift.
Shrieks of merrinent from the
house, of course. But it's no funnier
than the Christmas present bought
father and charged at her favorite
store.
And funny, or not. just how are
wageless women to procure money
for gift-giving If not from their sup
porters. the very ones whom they
might like to remember with gifts?
\
PRETTY GIRLS
Color television was demonstrated
before the world the other day when
the telephone company. holding the
patent sent out the picture Of a pref
ty girl holding an orange and pine
apple and other objects of high color.
Just what would the commercial
world do without pretty girls to DEM
onstrate each and every necessary OF
inane invention?
THESE GIRLS.
Anyway, somebody's glad about the
punctured romance Of Don Luis and
Mrs. Corey, and that somebody is the
former fiancee OF the prince. And
what a good time she now has max
ing comments at the Tilted lady, and
how she glories in telling that she
knew all the time it would never "a
through. and was mere business" as
contrasted with her own romance with
the prince.
Wize COILS!
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@%uMANyS
LA. ,a

II you are a wife you will, perhaps.
be interested in. and you will GER
tainly be angry at some observations
made IN domestic women by "A Man
Who Dares Not Sign His Name" in
a current magazine article entitled
"You-As I See You"
He enumerates ON wifely errors
as: always enjoying poor health, al
ways being tired, forever finishing the
dishes, always having the children
around. contracting the kimono habit.
going in for delicatessen meals. al
ways picking things up. always filling
the house with relatives, not getting
around to tidying things up. getting
into that after : marriage slump, and
losing their husbands.
ARCHAIC
Somehow this list of wifely faults
sounds fearfully archaic. Has any
one seen a wife slouching about in a
kimono for some time? And the wife
who is forever finishing the dishes or
tidying up" seems strangely converted
into a would be going lady who piles
her dishes in the sink.
And did you yer spot so good an
example of the selfish male? He
picks On only those faults which af-
feet his own tranquility.
He proceeds to lambast the famous
nervous housewife" digging forth
that old wheeze that in this day of
electrical co%nveniences there is no
need for any woman to find house,
keeping a burden.
4 y
Is Eat SO:
To which the only answer is Try
it." ! have noted, too. that the very
gentlemen who take all the modern
conveniences as a matter Of course in
their own businesses and offices are
the ones who see nc reason why such
gim-cracks as electrical saving de-
vices should be included in their own
homes. Such things as electric cige
aret lighters and percolators and waf-
file irons and coasters are different,
because they contribute to his own
enjoyment. Remember the famous
old short story called THE Revolt OF
Mother" about the nice new barn for
the cattle and the rickety old house
for mother?
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HOW ELSE:
Ann Livingston. described as the
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Our Yesterdays
FORTY YEARS AGO

FORTY YEARS AGO
Miss Vera Griffin, who represented
the state Of Ohio In the Fourth Of
July parade, was presented with q
magnificent banner by three gentle
men from Ohio. Messrs. Henry Rich
holt. Harvey Harris. and J. H. Kauff-
man.
+. b. Fancher. jamestown, was
elected president of the constitutional
convention. j. q. Hamilton, Grand
Forks, chief clerk. and Fred FAlley.
Wahpeton, serDeant-at-arms.
A commission Of seven delegates
from North and South Dakota are
working upon 1 division Of the prom
erty and debt Of the terrttory between
the two territories.
J. r. Allensworth. Glencoe, Is speud-
Ing several days In the city.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
II. J. oc0ville. formerly with the
Lamb Lumber company, has accepted
> position with . company 1t WI
mona, MINI.
George Renner. 500 brakeman, was
badly bruised when he fell from Z
freight car this morning.
Mr.. and Ark. ncNider have q their
cues the IT. Rev. Dr.. Mann, bislop
Of North Dakota.
Donald Kcplcr and Fulton Kauff.
man returned 70 THAR homes q Daw.
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.BARBS

The way these collegiate shells are
sinking in the big races these days,
maybe we ought to have Captain
Fried come over and superintend the
affairs.
\ 4
A small town Is one where the ed
itor remembers that a train was five
hours late six years ago yesterday.
If President Hoover wants dollar-a-
year men for his farm board, he ought
to be able to find any number Of
farmers willing to accept q lucrative
position such as that.
A justice of the New York supreme
court seemed surprised that q man
actually believed his wife had be-
witched him into marriage. Oh, but
they do, judge!
Wilbur Glenn Voliva returns from
q world tour believing that the
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Practical men have long ceased to sheer at the educa.
tional theorists. What were once trades have become
professions. A firm grounding in theory is recognized
Is q valuable preparation for the mastery Of special tech
nique.
In Paris recently there was uncovered a Manual for
Mendicants." It deals with appropriate panhandlng
methods for specific occasions. such as baptisms. funerals
and marriages. This seems like another triumph for
applied psychology. Human behaviorism is obviously not
the same at the font. the altar and the grave. To achieve
results the prospect must be studied as an individual
and in his environment.
For years there has been talk Of schools for janitors.
traffic policemen and kitchenette cooks. Coarse rule-o
thumb methods accounted for the moderate success that
attended early efforts Of prohibition agents, but that was
done away with when q school for the training of dry
shoppers was established. Perhaps the school confers
the degree Of bachelor Of alcoholism upon its graduates.
Since professional men are commonly supposed to be
more thorough than tradesmen, the public is in favor Of
fostering the elevation Of trades to professions. Thorough
ness Is an Uncommon virtue, especially among student
automobile mechanics and apartment house coal beavers.
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THE R TRAVELLER

travel will help make people better acquainted" with
other nations and will advance the cause Of permanent
world peace. But Prof. Bernard Fay, writing in the
Yale Review. disagrees with this viewpoint. Casual tour
lists. he says. can never help bring about international
understanding.
They take around the world an uncompronising ma
tionalist spirit, and they bring back, carefully packed and
ready for wear, distrust or contempt" he writes. I'm so
far as It creates easy contacts between peoples not yet
prepared to know or enjoy one another. the new trans
p~ortatton system Is : very dangerous device: for misun-
defptandtns Of : foreign country IN . person who has
heen there = liable to b more acrimonious and In
vetefate than IN the stay-at-home."
r = tourist, visiting : new land. would resolve to make
himself temporarily . part Of that land. adopting It's Gus
toms and ways. al might be well. 1yIt none Of Us does
+ that Way. Consequently, We fail to understand the
things that are strange.
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tain. The medical treatment Of adj
ministering morphine and sedatives
is, Of course, only to give relief and
is not an attempt at cure. Our great
est hope is to prevent tumors or can
GERS by living so that there is no
opportunity for their formation. Our
best defense is in proper eating, Wig
otous exercise, and keeping vital
ity and endurance up to the highest
level for functional efficiency.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Whoonln1 Cough

QueStion-M. S. K. asks: "Will you
please tell us how to treat q child with
whooping cough, and how long a time
should he be kept out of school. and
how Ear these children's diseases be
prevented?"
Answer-A!l children's diseases are
preventable if the child is brought
up with the proper habits. Once
whooping cough has been we'll de-
veloped. 1t is q serious disorder and
needs the diligent personal care of a
physician. In my practice l have
found the most effective treatment to
be with a series of short fasts Of
three or four days each, with the child
eating q light diet in between each
fast. It will sometimes take several
weeks to produce q complete cure.
Hot applications over the chest are
helpful. and also deep manipulation
Of the spine and muscles of the upper
back. A physicians certificate is US
ually necessary before a child will be
allowed to return to school.
Alfalfa Tea
Question-E. j. L. asks: what
do you think of alfalfa as a drink?
What food value has it? I am drink
ing it three times a day with my
meals in place Of tea or coffee. I like
1t, and 1t seems to agree with me-"
Answer-There is little food value
in alfalfa tea OF any other similar
hot drink with meals. I do not ad.
wise my patients to take these drinks,
but I am u r the alfalfa tea is an
Improvement over the drinks ordinar-
fly used
That Tired Feeling
Question:. z. b. writes: II seem
TO have that tired feeling physically
and mentally. It seems rather diff
cult for me to concentrate. Do you
think I have an inactive thyroid?"
Answer-If you are very overweight,
It may be that you have a sluggish
thyroid. but epervation can be pro-
duced from many things, such as
lack Of exercise and not
being interested in constructive ac-
tivities.
Copyright. 1923. by The Bell syndi-
cate. Incl
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earth is flat and he offers 5000 to
anyone who can convince him that
It's round. There's q nice job for
somebody.
II. G.. Wells says mankind must be
freed OF illusions before war will end.
But there will always be people who
will bet On the horses.
Copyright. 1929. NEA Service, Incl
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There are many dreadful diseases, but one of the mos
dangerous things to have is the price of an operation.
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D FOR THE OLD

Ncionce r MT Always iconoclastic. Now and then It has
- q comlng - the rescue Of some Of the oldest fot-
t1m N IT, raes. Ihers 4. for example. the bed, scien-
tttioally dehCned ~ safeutist. which rocks its occupant
e. atooD - = 1ihv = = Grads. Modern child culture