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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-22
REPRESSED DESIRES

The great stimulator is many wants. A burning want
will generate the energy for its satisfaction. provided the
habit is formed of gratifying the want as soon as the
means are available. If. after the means are in hand.
the want is repressed. the spirit slowly loses interest. like
a child who is promised candy for good behavior and is
given nothing.
One of the modern writer's says that when he promises
himself anything he always keeps his promise. and some-
times he rewards himself a few days or weeks ahead of
schedule. To return to the smile of children. every par
.ent knows how pleased children are when they are given
a little extra measure. Possibly adults should handle
themselves the same way.
There are many men and women who for years have
been promising themselves the qualification of some long
felt want, only to deny themselves It once it is within
their reach. They do themselves a great injustice and q
greater harm. The next time they will not work so hard
for fear Of another disappointment.
The moral Of this preachment is that all who have
promised themselves that long anticipated motor tour or
vacation should postpone it no longer.
Even though most of us hate work We would find our
health too delicate for steady loafing.
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I'VE promise brotherly support for
the German Communists from the
Communists of all the world. There
shall be q glorious Red future for
Germany Gregory Zimoviev, for
mer director of the Russian Third In
ternational.
This. sir. is the moronic era Of the
age of unk."-Senator johnson. CAL
ifornia.
Science is nothing but a persist.
ent and organized effort to talk
sense."-Max Eastman. lHarpers.)
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THE annual bill for medical care
In the United States Is between 81
100000 and $4,000, O00-depending on
the authority quoted. The lesser fig
ure is usually considered a fair esti-
mate."-Dr. Harold E. Hullsiek, st.
Paul surgeon. (Plain Talk
"Philadelphia is proud, Plus and
puSillanimous. It has q thousand
churches, and its saloons and speak
easies number 1900. It is the Cradle
of American Liberty and the home Of
the most corrupt political machine in
the country."-Saul p. Carson, Phila-
delphia newspaperman. (Plain Talk
\
"A better memory. together with
increased ability to hold ideas In mind
simultaneously, and a greater ca
pacity to compare their values for q
given purpose, seem, then, to con-
stitute mans superiority over the
anthropoid apes."-Edgar James
Swift, head Of the department Of
psychology at Washington University.
st. Louis. (Scrihners.)
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".DDXAY.{..
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ALENE SUMNER

I am inclined to frotf1 at the mouth
rather readily. but rarely frothed such
a really swell froth as when reading
of the very right reverend mo cap
itals) Ira E. Hicks, Baptist minister
of Toms River. N. j., who declared
that his native heath was ''defiled
with sin" because a high school boy
kissed a high school girl In the an
nual senior play given ct the high
school auditorium q few nights ago.
Oh. yes. we frothed just as good .
froth at the Evangelical minister Of
the same town, the equally right
reverend George Washington Hammer,
who stalked forth from the perform
ance Of Miss Cherryblossom' after
the first kiss, and who issued a later
statement to the effect that when 4
towns young people could SO shock
their elders that the elders were
forced to leave an entertainment
given by them. 1t was high time some
thing was done about it. -
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INDECENT, Ell:
THE play had utter disregard for
decency." he said. ut had sexial
appeal. In one scene all of 50 Amer
lean boys and girls come on the
stage with their arms about each
other, and later they actually kiss"
Just imagine that. 1gnace and limo
gene-they actually kiss!"
Just think Of all these years that
the very right reverend George
Washington Hammer, a middle-aged
widower has been living quietly and
staidly with his sister, going about in
his ministerial habiliments Of frock
coat doing his clerical duty. quite
shielded from the knowledge that
kissing was going on in the world,
only to have it suddenly thrust upon
his attention by not n OSCILLATION,
but SO!
It was May. The minister bolted
through the door, only coming to q
few hours later to level thunderous
bolts against these young who had
disturbed his serenity.
They actually kissed"
There waS actually sexual appeal
in the play"
Such an outrage! Here all these
long years the two divines had gone
about their ways. trying to ignore and
condemn by silence the fact that
their Creator had made such q mis-
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&&.parel,ts

10y k111C0 0WN1DO8 1C01CJ
"A hammer Is no gentle toy. In fact.
ct first glance It scarcely seems q toy
ct all. Yet hammers appeal to the
little child for several reasons. They
are bonafide tools which even the
Olympian adult finds necessary. They
are so made that little hands can
grasp them readily.
They suggest large swinging move
mentS which the child enjoys. They
make q great deal Of noise. The
process Of actually hammering nails
into q block Of wood challenges him
by its initial difficulty and thrills him
with the sense Of power that comes
with achievement.
| But hammers certainly are danger
GUS. A destructive child who has
been given . hammer win light out In
ell directions, regardless Of who or
what Is In the way. Even II he Is
only awkward he can hurt himself
and inflict Z good deal Of damage.
Are hammers then Z good sort OF
toy to put into the hands Of . child
Of three Or under7 They are. They
merely require our careful super
vision IN the early stages Of their use,
The destructive child needs to learn
that whenever he uses his hammer
for other than legitimate purposes Il
Is q once taken away. After Z few
repetitions this lesson sinks In.
The awkward baby needs to be
given plenty Of room In which Il
make his first efforts. At first he
can use his hammer either to crush
pebbles IN the yard o. TO pound
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A poet in Cleveland sings hash for
q living. The dispatch doesn't say
whether he was q hash singer dis
covered Is . poet OF q poet discovered
as q hash singer.
Al Capone was Jailed for a year In
Philadelphia for carrying . gun. So
there really Is something you can be
arrested for In Philadelphia.
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Yale has begun q study Of the
brains Of fishes. It's high time some-
thing be done for the poor fellows.
= =
The honeymoon Is over when hubby
and wife become bridge partners.
y
An umpire was fined in = western
league. Probably they couldn't find
any rope.
= \
There are too many clubs for the
coed 81 the home, says = woman
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hroad-headed nails into blocks %
wood. When he first attempts to
pound q nail, we should set II foe
him with its point just through the
wood. No matter how cluYnsily ho
Yields his tool we must refrain from
showing him how to hold and swing
1t. It Is better for him to discoveR
these things for himself. Soon he viii
be able to set his own nails aud Win
drive away Justify and with surprising
skill.
He should not be left alone with hid
hammer until We are sure he hao
acquired enough control 90 that he
will not seriously injure himself.
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HISTORICAL ATTACKS AND PA
RALYSIS

The strangest thing about hyster-
ical attacks is the subjects power to
initiate any form of organic paralysis
and a number of other diseases. This
fact frequently leads to q confusion OF
diagnosis, as a physician may be mis-
led into thinking that a historical
patient is suffering from some serious
or unusual disease.
While this affection is most COM
mo- in women, men are by no means
exempt. It occurs most frequently in
individuals who can trace their an
cestry from the Latin races. This
simply indicates that nervous, high
strung individuals are most suscep-
tible.
Hysteria has been termed q disease
produced by suggestion, and capable
Of being cured by persuasion. Among
the variety Of forms which this dis
ease may take r commissions, and
pseudo-epilepsy. It may even become
epidemic in nature, as sometimes &C.
Cured during the old religious re-
vtvals. when the susceptible subject
burst forth speaking in tongues" or
dancing wildly. A different type of
hysteria may resemble any form of
paralysis. sometimes continuing over
q period Of many years, but 1t may
suddenly disappear under some i'm
pressive suggestion, as II by q miracle.
The patient may also lose all feeling
or sensation in some part Of his body,
or the opposite may happen and an
increased Sensitiveness and eve pain
~ ~ nxNNauVs In V,oV1NSsc ~nNkc AYAs,sn1~&n
is frequent. Actual blindness OF deaf
ness may occur without any lesion,
either Of the eyes OF ears, and a cure
Of these cases may take place with
magical rapidity.
Digestive disorders, diarrhea and
flatulence r common, and some
times accompanied by vomiting, hic-
coughing or belching. Fluttering Of
the heart, flushing and sweating may
also occur. The joints may become
tender and swollen. Actual hemor-
rhages may occur in the skin. There
may be puffiness of the face. or even
fever, sometimes apparently liz or
100 degrees. The patients tempera-
ture is not really as high as the ther-
mometer will sometimes indicate, be-
cause the patients will sometimes be
so morbidly affected with a desire for
sympathy that they will use artificial
means to cause the temperature. on
the thermometer to register unusually
high. Hallucinations, delirium,
frances. and catalepsy r sometimes
present.
Not much dependence can be made
upon the statements of hysterical pa
tients. Because of their craving for
sympathy or attention, they may ac-
cuse others or themselves of vicious
practices.
The physician who has a strong
personality OF uses convincing argu-
mentS. can often change the symp-
toms of an h~ysterical patient by sug-
gestion. For example, the patient may
complain Of digestive disorders, and
| the doctor can switch the symptoms
by discovering q heart-fluttering or
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Dc. MCCOY yin e1adly 0nDWoe
personal questions On health ond
diet, addressed % him, caEo 6 ~
Tribune.
Enclose . stamped 0ddEeGDo6
envelope Tor reply.
the new trouble and vim probably Sot.

the new trouble and Win probably for
get the old.
Although this disease Is looked ups
on as being purely functional, It q,
unfortunately true that many Of these
cases are induced to undergo operas
lions. Perhaps the doctor was mis-.
taken In his diagnosis. Unfortunately
doctors are sometimes willing to pers
NIT the patients to diagnose theme
selves.
The cure Of hysteria Is not difficult
II the real causes are understood, and
in tomorrow's article ! am going to
outline the principal causes and the
method that I have found most Sucs
cessful in curing this disorder.
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NERVOUS WIZARDS OF FINANCE

There are creduloucs people who buy gold bricks and
gilt-edged securities. Others refuse to walk under lad
ders or to continue on a course crossed by a black cat.
Still others play the stock market.
The other day there was a decided break in the market,
attributed to rumors Of the carly resignation of Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon. Another runor which upset
the great minds on Wall Street was to the effect that
President Hoover was preparing a statement approving
the efforts of the federal reserve board to curb spccula-
ton.
After the break was a few hours old and after a little
sober reflection on the part of the men with seats on the
New York stock exchange which cost them in the neigh
borllood of a half million dollars. Wall Street expressed
surprise at itself for allowing a stream Of uncorroborated
gossip to send the market on a headlong plunge.
Is it because the layman is less learned in the mysteries
OF high finance that he cannot understand how even SO
appalling a catastrophe as the retirement of the great
est secretary of the treasury since Hamilton would take a
dollar from the value of securities, nor see the probability
Of the president involving himself in a quarrel between
the bulls and the bears Of Wall Street? And yet their
improbability did not occur to the wise men of Gotham
until after sober reflection
After some sober reflection the small investor may de-
eide it somewhat Of a risk to place his money at the dis
posal OF a group vhc, jumps in wild alarm at rumors
which. if true, would not directly affect the stock mar
ket.
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RIOT SOMETIMES GOOD SIGN

It is never pleasant to read about dissension and vio-
lence at a college or university.
Affairs like the recent riot at Des Moines university,
which caused the temporary closing OF the institution, are
tragic. Whatever lay behind the outbreak, the TACT that
police had to be called to restrain the turbulent students
is extremely distressing. Such a flying off the handle by
young men Of college age indicates a tremendous waste
Of energy.
Yet the whole thing is not quite as disturbing a sign
as might be supposed.
Newspaper accounts Of the trouble have not quite made
the exact cause clear. It is evident, however, that the
students were deeply concerned over some real or fancied
wrong-concerned enough to throw things and defy the
police.
Now this is a thing that does not often happen in
American colleges.
Indeed, the chief complaint against the average Ameri-
can ~colesian is that he is too easy-going. He is almost
always content with things as he finds them. The COL
lege and university are not, in this country, turbulent
places, centers Of heated discussion. starting places for
new movements. Football and the round of social activi-
ties are too apt to absorb all Of the time and energy that
the student can spare from his studies.
In other countries it is different. Political upheavals
are often launched at universities. Students are much
less easy to satisfy: they keep abreast Of the issues Of
the day, anf occasionally get quite fractions in their dis
cussion Of them.
Youth Is expected to be that way-super-energetic, in
tense, poorly-balanced. given to noisy upheavals. Quix-
otto deeds and lost causes are things that belong to youth.
Older heads seldom see any virtue in them.
so It Is that the placidity Of our university undergrad
yates has been m ominous sign. It has limited at a
sort Of sleepy self satisfaction on the part Of the nation
Is ! whole; : preoccupation in unimportant things that
holds no good ausury for the future.
It may be that It Is only q deceiving surface indication.
Sudden outbursts like this at Des Moines make 1t seem
that way, ct any rate. And that-the mere fact that
American students can get 50 passionately excited about
some issue not connected with athletics or school rivalry
that they will riot and behave like rowdies-is an encour-
aging sign.
Young men who fly off the handle, throw things, jeer
and clench their fists are excellent material for any ma
tion to build with. The chap who provokes despair is
the young man who ID SO easy-going and self-satisfied
that be can't set excited enough to behave disgracefully.
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Editorial Comment
PAVING TO P~ENITENTIARY
VALLEY City Times-R Record

VALLEY City TlmeS-Record)
They are going to pave the highway from Bismarck to
the state penitentiary. We believe that this is a good i'm
provement and the sooner We get to paving pieces Of
road like that between Casselton and Fargo and cut out
that annual expense of rebuilding the road the better and
cheaper it will be in the end. Every year our highway
make them stick but before the year has rolled away
these roads are shot to pieces. The time Is coming when
the state will have to get down to building concrete roads
where the main highways go.
Speaking about that paving to the pen. we wonder
whether those putting over that deal have notions that
are paved with good Intentions or whether they are
trying to make 1t smoother travelling for those who are
unfortunate enough to have to travel to the pen.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWEHa
Sleepy, Hungry, ana Fat

Question: Mrs. w. q. Z. writes! q
am IS years old and weigh 204 poundA
I am always sleepy and hungry. At.
tempted the orange fast, but BY after.
noon was weak and fau1ished. My
knees and hip joints pop and squeak
and have been stiff for . couple Of
years. How may I reduce quickly 70
normal? I nm embarrassed TO 70
among people, feel they are say.
ing. Look at that horrible fat
woman"
Answer: Did you take the spring
cleansing diet which I wrote about
last month? II not. ] will be glad to
send you the entire cleansing diet
course which ran over . period Of two
weeks. I am Sure It Il exactly what
you need. Next time you write, b
sure to give your name and address,
Oysters
Question: J. K. p. asks: "Should
one chew oysters. or Is there any
harm in swallowing them whole. q 80
many do?"
Answer: It is not necessary to
chew oysters or any other kind Of
protein food, as the stomach juices
digest proteins that have not been
well m~asticated, and, still, such foods
will no doubt be more quickly d.
gested II they r partially broken up
by chewing.
Rash After Shaving
Question: Frank A. q. asks: "What
causes the skin to become rashed and
peel after shaving? I am 81 years
old and have been shaving . couplo
Of years. Is 1t possible that one can
naturally have q skin 20 tender2"
Answer: Some skins arc 90 thin
and tender that great care must be
used in shaving. See that your resoe
is as sharp as possible, and also use
. small amount Of cold cream on
your face before lathering your beard
and then after shaving.
Copyright, 1929. by the Bell eyndts
cate, Incl
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take as to include sex in his plan for

take as to include sex In his plan for
the world.
They never actually complained
about 1t. After all, they realized
that when he made the world In six
days he necessarily did a hurry-up
job and had to make a few slips. That
sexual business was one Of them. But
Is for them, they'd just ignore his
faux pas, pretend 1t never happened,
and II other people would only do the
same thing. the world could manage
to wag along In decency.
But here were they confronted with
the fact that their supposedly decent
little towns young people were not
ignoring and pardoning the Creators
slip. but were actually daring to rec
ognize the existence Of sex, and didn't
even apologize for 1t!
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THOSE WORN QUERIES
Meanwhile the divines are intoning
thunderous sermons as to why young
people don't 60 to church, and what
Is the world coming to. anyway.
The only answer to the first ques-
ton is that youth, thank goodness. is
too clear thinking and clean-minded
to permit itself to follow the leader
ship Of those who prove by their
fear and outraged dignity at the sight
Of . kiss Or 90 that they themselves
are the evil-minded ones and not to
be trusted or followed as leaders.
Oh, perhaps we're q little hard on
them. After Ill. we are all pretty
largely products Of our own time and
the traditional viewpoints Of that
time. Our time, thank goodness, &C.
cepts sex In the casual, natural way
It was meant to be.
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HEALTHY WHEAT ACREAGE CUT

North Dakota wheat acreage will be IS per cent under
that of last year. according to the government statistical
report put out recently. Part Of this reduction was due
to the condition of the soil hampering seeding last fan
and part of it to farmers reducing the amount OF spring
wheat seeding in favor Of other crops.
In view Of the wheat situation, with a huge surplus OF
$50 600 600 bushels still on hand from last seasons har-
vest and a 900. OOO. O~OO-bushel crop predicted for this year,
the states farmers need not worry over that little reduce
ton Of wheat acreage. The surplus that the nation VIII
find on its hands is far too great as it is.
Wheat growers who have reduced probably will find
the decrease in acreage was wise, particularly those who
put IN flax instead. Flax should have q good year. WITH
the increase OF the duty on flaxsecd which President
Hoover authorized under the flexible provisions Of the
tariff law. farmers who raise flax should benefit. Inls
country does not raise a sufficiency Of this crop to supply
the home demand for its seed. The result is a large i'm
~rortation of flaxseed from other flax-growing lands.
Cheaper overhead in raising the seed abroad, due 10
cheaper labor. heretofore has operated adversely against
the Northwest growers in competing for the nome iiax-
seed market against this foreign supply. Now with an IN
creased duty on the side of the American growers. the
disadvantage should be offset to that extent Tor the
American grower.
North Dakota farmers foreseeing something OF TINS
kind. on the advice of the Greater association. this year
have increased their flax seeding. AS a Mckenzie farmer
said the other day in a call on County Agent Miesen'
ats about time the farmers supplied some OF their own
relief in this farm situation, instead Of looking to poll
ticians to supply it, This increase in flax acreage thus
indicates that farmers are getting wise and realize the
futiity Of expecting politics to cure their troubles. It Is
4 sign Of progress.
It is, In fact, q sign Of growing Investigation and
that really is the progress in agriculture that this state
is making. The folly Of growing SURPRISES to reduce
prices by their drag on the entire production has sunk
home. In its place has come the system OF producing
against the home shortage, meeting the greater demand
for certain products with increasing production, under
the fostering care of the protective tariff.
The decreased wheat acreage in this state may. there
fore, be regarded as the natural effect OF the growing d.
versification in North Dakota, where cattle, hogs, sheep
Wool. dairr products and poultry are undermining the
dominance of wheat as the great staple of the state.
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present, are always worried about the future. Business
men are always peering into the future and are always
disturbed If they cannot clearly foresee the course OF
events far ahead.
Just now the future does hold forth some uncertainties.
There is no telling what congress will do In the way Of
farm relief and tariff revision. Food prices are low now.
which means a bumper crop this year would throw the
farmers back where they were five years ago. Another
uncertainty is the credit situation, which is complicated
by the conflicting purposes of the speculative world and
the administrators of the federal reserve system.
Worry always accompanies speculation. SO the inflated
market values, and not future prosperity. may be the
provocation for what pessi,nis,n exists.
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writer. The better to sock you with,
my dear?
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There are lots of girls who would
go through anything for a man, in.
Guiding his bank account.
Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.)
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THAT K STREET U
(St. Louis Post Dispatch

est. Louis Post DiSpatch)
Out CT dark and abysmal silence two Of the discredite
members of Harding's cabinet have spoken. They boil
have something to say about q little Green House on I
street. Says Mi. Daugherty:
never was in 1t, Harding never was in it. and I
never heard OF any member Of the Harding cabinet
being In it. II there was such a place. I never heard
OF cabinet members holding conferences there. I
wired Senator James A. Watson to that effect a week
ago. because I Just thought I'd stir up the monkeys
q bit.
Says Mr.. Fall:
Let me see, that was the house Daugherty rented
and used as a sort Of office. But that was on I
street. wasn't 1t? I would not swear to 1t. Maybe it
was K street. Anyway. that was the house behind
the Hotel Shoreham.
Yes, anyway, it was behind the Shoreham hotel.