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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22

arc not social slackcrs but are con-
trituting to tie world as surely as if
producing offspring.
While many men and women man.
age to produce offspring and also
develop along the lines of their own
peculiar talents. hundreds and thou
sands of fathers and mothers find
their W lives diverted, by the grim
necessity of bread and butter for self
and children. into merely bread and
butter channels.
X X
ITS NATURAL
1t is human to build up q defense
against hurts by insisting that u
W way of living is best. Most adults
are parents. Ergo, they must reason
that to be a parent is the only way
to happiness and self fulfillmcnt.
To say that every normal woman
Graves a child" is a bit thick. Prob
ably the majority do. Probably that
is their way OF sclf-expression, and a
way not to be scorned or minimized,
But there are certainly any number
OF normal women" who have other
aspirations and are not to be scorned
nor derided for them.
We have a pretty myth to the effect
that a broken, empty, bitter heart
turks behind the gay and successful
exterior Of childless women who have
made names in the world for their
contributions in other ways.
There is little doubt that in many
cases this is So. but that it is uni
versally so is much like saying that
all the world likes sardines or arti-
chokeS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22
Talks To&6&
d. Parents

by Alice JudsOn Peale)

"The trouble with Judith is that
she wishes she were all grown up.
She has all sorts of the very best
kinds of toys but she simply won't
look at them. Her blocks and paints
and yer her dolls mean nothing to
her.
Il thought perhaps the trouble was
that she had too many toys. So the
other morning while she was play
ing in the park. I cleared them all
out of her room and hoped that she
would ask for them by one. When
she came home I half expected that
she would raise an outcry ovce what I
had done.
But all she said was, oh, doesn't
my room look nice! -. It's just like a
grown up lady's room, isn't it?' Now
what do you think of that from a
four-year-old?"
Judith is an only child completely
surrounded by charming. a~ffectionate
grown-ups. She is the sort of young
ster who naturally responds to the
stimulus of personalities. To expect
her to play with toys when on all
sides there are people ready to play
with her, is a good deal like expect
ing her to eat rice pudding when
she can have ice cream.
And yet it is bad for Judith thus to
become dependent upon people in
stead of developing her satisfactions
from her W resources. It is bad for
her to skip the process of real growth
because she wishes she were already
"a grown up lady,"
For Judith. as for so many only
children, the solution Of the diff
Guilty lies in companionship with those
Of her own age. No matter how de-
lightful may be a child's relation
ship to his elders. he needs above all
things to play with his equals.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22

i ESTIMATING PROPER WEIGTH
Weight is no longer considered an
indication Of health. The fashion OF
today favors thinness. Weighing ma
chimes abound in every public gather
ing place, and they are well patron
lied, according to statistics. Many OF
| these machines have charts attached
to them to show how much one
should weigh according to height and
| age, but these standards cannot be
accurate. The correct weight Is
largely an individual matter, accord
ing to build. Some people are natur-
ally slender and others r stocky.
It would be foolish to try to make q
slender person as heavy as q Stocky
one, or to reduce a heavier built per-
son down to the weight Of q smaller
boned type.
Those of the muscular type can
carry a good deal Of solid weight, but
an excess of fat can certainly not be,
considered healthful. I therefore adj
wise those suffering from obesity to
reduce the quantity of food and to x
ercise a great deal. It is not wise,
however, for the thin person to at
tempt to gain weight by stuffing with
rich foods. A thin person should use
a we'll balanced diet, avoid worry,
sleep soundly, and attempt to gain by
building muscle.
The standards given in weight
charts have usually been taken from
the average of a great many people
and cannot be considered as health
standards. The weight may also vary,
according to age, temperament, her
cdity and occupation.
No 0nc should go to foolish ex-
trcmes, either in trying to gain o.
reduce. The best weight for an in
dividual is the weight at which he
has the greatest amount Of energy, re-
CARELESS of all charts. I do not US
ually try to estimate q persons cor
rect weight until I have studied his
bony framework and q number of
other factors. Frequently people
write in asking for an estimate, and /
very glad to give this If they have
given me their present weight, height
In stocking feet. age, occupation and
ull-length picture. preferably in q
bathing suit.
II any OF my readers wish me to give 1
them an estimate about their correct |
weight, I would advise them to have
two Photographs taken-one in front
and the other from the side.
Small kodak pictures will do. Write
the present weight on the backs of the |
pictures. I can then give you nv
based on years Of experience
and observation Of thousands OF pa
tents. Many will be surprised when
ny estimate states that their weight
should be perhaps twenty or thirty
lower. This is especially true
stout women who frequently talk
into the belief that Ma
lure intended them to be heavy. Very
lew women are tall enough to weigh !
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22
WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE SAID

The thought frequently comes to many Of US, Is we
think Of the old people we knew IS years ago. what these
folks would have said II they could have seen conditions
q they are now. As they looked out on their quiet
streets. IN which their family horses logged along. toll
somely toward their goals. what would they have said Il
they could have seen this motorized age. with people
darting through the streets at railroad speed?
The last quarter Of the nineteenth century deyeIoued
woudaful inventions. But it seems doubtful II It could
= compared With the marves Of the first quarter Of our
century. With its automobiles. its radios, and its sir.
Dlane&
Ihe effect Of automobiles has been one Of the most
dhr-feoching changes IN the history Of society. It has
pulsd people out Of thar stationary habits, and has
eiven than . free ranee e movement. Il enables people
= have names IN tn country and work in cities and
town. = has sesed country neshborhoods from decay.
- tn a1ne TIM 4 does make many people restless and
49, tnelfnsd - settie down and work As the faithful
u0d t.
1mnk = - missioa q tie years immediately ahead.
= - 49, pscpls WHO hsve acquired added power, !
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only 80 years ago a speed of 10
mics an hour was deadly and the
automobile was a laughing stock. To-
day 100000 passenger cars oper.
ate on american roads. and so de-
pendable Is the mechanism of control
that travel by automobile is as rapid
and as comfortable as by rail."-Al-
lred H. Swayne, vice president OF
General Motors.
4 4
my philosophy is that in an Or
ganlzatlon every executive must be
granted authority commensurate with
MS responsibilities. If you hold a
man responsible for results, he must
nave every reasonable freedom to ex-
ercise his own brains to achieve the
results expected. Andrews ". Rob-
ertson. chairman Westinghouse Elec-
tric company. Forbes Magazine.)
+ \
we adore the ladies. That is only
natural. But we adore them as worn-
EN-, not as business and professional
and political rivals. Business is a
tight. The professions are a fight.
lawns 40 q AA&4lts ana b IlRI1C Is
war. When it comes to war, do not
adore your enemy."-Rene Paux, for
eign editor lie Temps.
\ 4
You are successful II you become
rich In your calling; you are success
1ul II, without becoming rich you do
service to your fellow men DIR.
Davis Kinley, president University of
Illinois.
4
When I was a governor Of my own
state. II ! appointed any man to Of
lice who did not vote for me, he was
q liar because he said he did ."-Sen-
ator Blease, South Carolina.
\ \
Intelligence and personality are Of
little value without health. We rather
prefer men we employ to have a
healthy interest in some sport."-W.
e. Bowen, personnel director I. T. and
T. Go. Forbes Magazine.)
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WHAT WOULD HAPpENo

Mussolini's treatment of the work.
ing woman proves his contention that
the mother is the only real contrib
utcr. It would be interesting to see
just what would happen in his own
country if I'll the women who arc
contributing in spheres other than
that of motherhood should suddenly
elect to leave their desks.
The nations conscience must be
moved against the purposely chi!dlcs5
couple" he writes.
If this conscience became really ef-
fective and moved couples through
shame to change their jobs for the
II and only one of parenthood,
again it would be interesting to sec
who would fill the empty inches. and
how.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22
THE MENACE OF FIREWORKS

The safe and sane Fourth Of July has been preached in
this country for a good many years-so many that it
seems almost like a waste Of breath to repeat the preach
r,cnt this year.
Nevertheless, we have been pretty slow to learn. On
the outskirts Of nearly every city there are suburban
stores and roadside booths where fireworks are on sale
and thousands of otherwise intelligent parents are per-
hitting their children to buy as many Of these things as
they wish.
The natural result will be that on July 5 we will read
In our newspapers that q great many children have been
killed and that a great many more have been blinded,
crippled. burned or ~disfigured.
AS Is done here in Bismarck, practically every town in
the country gives a free fireworks display on the Fourth
of July. Let your child get his thrill that way; fire.
crackers and skyrockets are altogether too dangerous for
children to handle.
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pounds because Of their larger bones
and stronger muscular tissues.
If those who are interested will send
me their photographs at once, I will
be glad to give an extra amount of
time to answering these letters and
sending detailed information about
either increasing or decreasing the
weight to normal.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
TorticolliS
Question-Mrs. g. H. j. writes: "For
the past year my husband has been
affected with what is called pas
modic torticollis. Will YOU please ex-
plain something about it, and tell me
II there Is any way to relieve him?"
Answer - T~orticollis, sometimes
called wry-neck, is a contraction Of
the cervical muscles usually caused
by some infection of the spinal acces-
sorry nerve. In females, it may he a
historical condition, especially liable
to occur In those Of a nervous family
history. It may appear following a
cold or blow. The back portion of
the head is pulled toward the Shout
der Of the affected side. The face is
raised and rotated to the other shoul-
der. In long standing cases these
muscles may become very rigid or
even atrophied. The best treatment
seems to be simply tn. application Of
heat, and ostepathic treatments. l
would also suggest the use of a fast
Ing and dieting regime. instructions
Tor which I will be glad to mail to
you.
Is Lcpr0sy Durable?
Question-Ralph K. writes: Il have
suffered for years with a bad case of
eczema. My body was almost entirely
covered with scales, and no remedy
seemed to help me. Since taking the
tasting and diet treatment which YOU
recommended I have been entirely
cured. What I want to know is.
could not leprosy be cured in the
same way?"
Answer have not had the chance
to treat a case of leprosy, but several
cures have been reported by physical
culturists who understand the fasting
cure and have given this treatment to
cases with which they came in con-
tact. I would be glad to get in touch
anyone suffering from a true
case OF leprosy, as I am eager to DEM
onstrate my belief that leprosy a be
cured If the blood stream is made
perfectly pure through fasting and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22
A GOOD TOWN

Put a peg Of prosperity into your community by stay
ing with it.
Always greet your neighbor with a grasp of confidence.
Criticize in the spirit Of ~godspccd.
Say a good word if it hurts. Remember that those who
insist on hanging themselves will do it if given enough
rope.
Give your %ncighbor a right to an opinion as long, as
he keeps it to himself.
Discuss questions involving your better welfare instead
of arguing with them.
Apply the Golden Rule regardless of consequences.
Give the young people plenty Of pleasure.
Failures reflect on the entire town. Sec what you can
do to keep your neighbor on top of the water. Don't
let him drown.
Let's have more handshakes and arm-in-arm confer
ences with a goodwill parting. It adds to that days
events.
Let's break the shell and step out. The world is won-
dering what we are going to do next. Let's show en-.
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"xID]4AAY.,!,. Z.
A1ENE SUNANR

The family without children is one
Of the saddest episodes of human life.
Every normal woman Graves a
child. She should have as many as
she can bear. The sad woman is the
unmarried maiden who longs and
Graves for children, and e e little
nope. .
A few of the bromides and general
tiles not at all universally true spok-
en- by Mussolini in All outbreak in
current Cosmopolitan" entitled Il
Tax Bachelors"
He explains that he taxes the mis-
creants because by their selfisllncss
they are denying these sad nmar
ried maidens" their only hope-chil-
drcn.
THOSE OTHER DAYS
Somehow the Great MISSY takes
us back to a day when women we're
only too glad to be bought in matri-
mony in exchange for so many
pounds of tobacco-only too glad to
enter upon the only life of that time
a life of wiling and child bearing.
oO4AACA1OW AVO V0hCO Nc U6CA w IIlC
day when no epithet gnawed worse
than that Of "old maid" and when
no species of the human family was
regarded as quite SO tragically wasted.
He takes us back to an age which
we thought beautifully and happily
forgotten in a new era which per-
mits the unmarried ON to live as
fully and happily al the married one,
and which grants that the unmarried
woman has a social and economic
value quite as great as that of her
married sister.
* \ *
DOUBTS
To say that THE family without
Children is one of the saddest cpl
sodeS Of human life" is a bit strong.
I know. and you know, any number
Of childless families which. If caught
in the iron grip of the saddcst cpl
sode of human life" put up a dandy
pretense Of being blisstully unaware
of their tragedy"
Such childlesS families which I
know r composed of two idealistic,
earnest, gifted young people intent on
hewing out a life which will permit
them the fullest self expression OF
those talents within them. They have
a radiant peace and conscience less
contentment because they know they
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SOPHISTICATION'S TRIUMPH

u
For the space of q decade the American people have
been exposed to the full force of a campaign remorse-
lessly devoted to Graduating from territory Of the United
States all survivals Of the preceding benighted epoch.
It has been, in a word, a battle for self expression. For
10 years . bombardment Of whitening satire rained down
upon the heads Of the h~erd-minded. standardized, intim.
dated, propagandized. service-clubized, and in other ways
never-daring- to-call- their souls their -own inhabitants OF
Main street.
For 10 years It was ceaselessly impressed upon the ma
ton that the age Of authority was gone, that standards
had no validity. that the supreme duty Of man was ex-
perinenation with everything, and the highest good was
what was good in ones own eyes.
And as the result Of these 10 years intensive training
N sef-expression hundreds of thousands read what
their club or publisher picks out for them. Where, little
children. it will be asked. does the self-expression come
In? Obviously, my dears. in the opportunity afforded
the reader to express himself by choosing among
The Book of the Month club.
The Literary Guild.
The Poetry Book club.
The Crime club.
The Detective club.
The Detective Story club.
The Religious Book club.
The Catholic Book club.
The Junior Literary Guild.
: The Free-Ihought Book club.
The Book Selection Of the American Booksellers as
ISOLATION.
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OF every 100 persons in the In
dian Empire 68 arc Hindus, % are
Mohammedans, 5 Buddhists, 5 fol-
low the religion of their tribes, l is
Christian, and / is Sikh, on the
average. The belief Of the remain
ing two is varied.
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true conception Of aims and purposes. They must be
shown that sports and pleasures alone will not do them
nuch good. They need to seek knowledge, intelligence.
and interest in the good causes Of the time. With en-
lightened motive added to increased power, then we
shall see rapid advance In social welfare.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22

The Mexican jumping bean does SO
because Of q little worm inside which
COILS Itself and lets itself 60 like q
catapult. carrying IT'S house along
with 1t. The worm lives in the bean
al q time, and l. q hole is made In
the shell, it fills it up again.
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Sister B~oniface and Sister Sabina
have gone to Chicago to attend the
meeting of the Catholic hospital as
ISOLATION Of the United States.
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over one hundred ana forty rounds.
while men Of the same height can
weigh as much as two hundred
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D., where they will remain until af-
ter the Fourth.
Mrs. John C. Hollemback has re.
turned from st. Paul where she was
the guest of Mrs. Grover.
Riding habits for the young eques-
triennes who will take part in the
Fourth of July parade will be made at
the home Of Mrs. John A. Soyell.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
George Couch is in New Rockford
for a visit with his brother, Orley
Couch.
G. A. Burton has gone to the north
woods of Minnesota to seek relief
from asthma.
Messrs. Peterson, Wolbert, Best and
Healy were in Dickinson last night in
shutting a new K. of p. lodge.
Miss Anna Carstens entertained a
dozen Of her girl friends at a party
yesterday honoring Miss Ethel Crum
OF Mckenzie who Is visiting her.
TEN YEARS AGO
Rev. and Mrs. william Suckow left
for Underwood and futile for a few
days visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Griffin of
Drewrys Bluff, Va, are guests at the
nome OF their son-in-law and daugh-
ter. Mr. and Mrs. H. w. Richholt.
Sister Boniface and Sister Sabina
have gone to Chicago to attend the
meeting of the Catholic hospital as
ISOLATION Of the United States.
Mrs. L. E. Maynard and daughter
Josephine left today for a motor trim
east. They will be accompanied as
Tar as jamestown by Mrs. A. E. Brink.
who will visit friends there.
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SLOGANS IN OLD POMPElI
Workers digging into the ruins of ancient Pompeii
came, the other day, on a set of rather interesting dis
coveries.
Clearing away the rubbish from what was once a busy
street. they found. on the walls OF the houses. slogans
which the Roman politicians had painted there 1000
years ago in the course of some long forgotten political
campaign.
These slogans make odd reading in this day.
One Of them, for instance, bore the simple announce
ment:
'Mansa Sabinus never gets drunk"
Another advised the voters, If you care for good bread
and better games vote for Cleonius Prisus." This, of
course, referred to the Roman custom Of furnishing free
bread and gladiatorial games to the poorer citizens.
A third. somewhat ~rhapsodic. implored:
vote for Julius Politius. a man as handsome as the
god Apollo"
In such manner did the politicians of the age Of Au-
gustus seek to snare the votes of the citizenry.
There is a childish quality to these electioneering slo-
gans that brings a smile. One candidate announces his
personal rectitude in the matter of strong drink; another
frankly appeals to the selfish interests of the proletariat,
and the third simply sets himself up as a paragon of
beauty and leaves it up to the voters. Pondering over
these slogans. it isn't hard to understand why the Roman
experiment in municipal government came such a woe
full cropper.
Still, 1t won't do for us to get too cocky.
Some OF our own election slogans may look equally
goofy to an antiquarian a few generations hence.
What for instance. will the learned men of $500 A. D.
think when they find that the great city of Chicago con-
Quoted q mayoralty campaign on the simple slogan of
America frst!-with the winning candidate basing all
his campaign speeches on two white rats which he carried
around in cages with him?
What will they think Of a mayoraty campaign con-
Quoted not SO long ago in the city OF Cleveland, where the
winning candidate, whose front name happened to be
Harry, rode to victory on the terse line, Harry is a good
boy?
Will 1t amuse them to learn that the entire nation once
elected a president whose appeal was based solely on ref
crence to a full dinner pail? And that another presi-
Dental campaign once hinged about the cry, Keep cool
with Coolidge?
TnoSe are a few OF our slogans. They don't particularly
shine BY comparison with the slogans Of 1000 years ago.
The Romans had a fair measure of self government.
They stumbled and fell because the mass of their citizens
were unable to handle real issues in a campaign, but had
TO hsve simple. obvious slogans they could understand.
Are we headed in the same direction-or have we more
sense than our politicians give US credit for?
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Our Yesterdays
Z A AGO

FORTY YEARS AGO
Mrs. H. v. Weatherby and children
leave this week for their new home at
Spokane Falls, Wash, where Mr..
Weatherby preceded them.
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Mrs. L. E. Maynard and daughter
Josephine left today for a motor trim
east. They will be accompanied as
a as jamestown by Mrs. A. E. Brink.
who will visit friends there.
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~ 0GkA Il OxOLNkA
The Veterans Of Foreign Wars. most commercially, are
now working to have the bodies Of American soldiers
who were killed in Siberia returned to this country. It is
to be hoped that congress can see its way clear to have
this done.
AT the same time. it might be a good thing if the gov
eminent files were opened so that we could find out ex-
actly why our soldiers went to Siberia at all. Most
Americans. probably, have forgotten that we sent an
expeditionary force to Asia during and after the war. Just
what that force did, why it went there and what led up
to its dispatch, are matters covered with more or less
mystery. If a little light could be shed on the matter it
would be received with gratitude.
Another excellent training in the art of diplomacy is
a daughter is years old.
A little puff Of air can initiate prices, but it takes a
sledge to reduce them.
Things could be worse. Bills are usually mailed in
stead Of sent by wire.
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Governor and Mrs. Mellette have
gone to their home at WATERFOWL, s..
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Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Griffin of
Drewrys Bluff, Va, r guests at the
home OF their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Richholt.
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d.. Mccoy viii gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet, addressed 70 him, care Of tho
Tribune.
Enclose q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.