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The Washington times., 1929-08-26
BET WITH THE OPTIMISTS
By Herbert Kaufman.


'HEREs enough latent energy in of water to
blow the United States fleet from New York Harbor into
the Katslill Mountains
And that Incredible consider the lurking
pinhead Of brain-matter.
Anythings possible The important thing is to make II
feasible.
The Twentieth Century cant claim credit the idea Of
aviation History doesn't remember when somebody wasn't
tnkerng with flying machine.
But took the combined effort Of all the ages evolve the
principle and demonstrate the method necessary for Zeppelin
construction.
And in proper season. science will provide fuminatOr for
too it to the jobs that dynamite and INT
are at present handling.
Meanwhile less ambitious ingenuity doing quite well with
minor knots.
Brooklyn viii try trolley operated by foot
instead Of hand controls
The new have automatic doors and change makers
leaving free to mind his particular end OF the
business.
Increasing bus competition reducbe overheads made
something Of the sort inevitable
We always turn driver when the balance
sheet to do or die
Oir suffering from hiccoughs twenty mine days. first
exhauss medical resource then inspires experimental In
lection which induces much physical distress that she
hasn't time to think about her other troubles.
Taking her mind off the hccoughs gradually checks them
and in few hours she's as good as new.
Desperation usually locates the lacking remedy in medicine
as well as transportation
Wherever folk are falling they're just half trying.
It's hardly hundred years since locomotive first ran in
America The moment it began to chug hosts OF aarms
reached for legislative brakes and mpored the authorities to
forbid the use Of vehicle whose speed would ince heart
failure suffocaton the human constitution wasn't de-
signed stand travelling at fifteen miles per hour and up
ward.
News ralroadng will celebrate its centennial ar
ves simultaneously with the that locomotive
Louis and San Francisco system recently ran twenty
days covered 51 miles without emptyng its fire
box
Which goes to show how prone folk exaggerate the
risks and uncertainties of innovation.
While you chucng at fear OF train
journeys don't forget your sworn determination never TO
take plane ride
Progress encounters the proportion Of increduty in
each generation. .
It's hard to wean average citizen Of his pet fears and
eers.
Which thought reminds the country that Steel Common took
another eleven million ticker Jump in twentyOur hours sell
inc at 900 after plup of the original capitalization
Andrew Carnegie you'll recall insisted upon cash and bonds
for his plants he didn't believe the corporation could
ever expand sufficiently to pay dividend to stock
holders.
He America short and mufed the chance to leave an
extra billion to his estate and endowment funds.
When in doubt, bet with the optimists.
Confidence and enthusiasm keeping yacht builders and
foreign importers working overtime.
Did you meet pessmst in a Rolls Royce7
The Washington times., 1929-08-26
LISTEN WORLD!
HOw They Get That Way
By Elsie Robinson

ships. But life isn't always nor.
NAL. Sometimes sickness or shock
Or disappointment or grief or
envy or fear have turned 1t from
Its natural plan. 1t becomes a
twisted life. BUT THE URGE
TO ACT STILL. GOES ON.
THEN, INSTEAD OF ACT.
ING CONSTRUCTIVELY, 1T
ACTS DESTRUCTIVELY.
Construction and destruction
seem very far apart, but they
are both action. But one is
healthy action and the other un-
healthy action. YET THEY
URGE.
That's how Mischief Makers
get that way. When they get
that way too far the doctors call
them neuroties or psychopaths,
and they press closer and closer
to the thin line of insanity. It's
hard for normal folk to under
stand such twisted natures. Their
pride in their vicious work seems
ffendish to us. But it springs
from the same source as our
pride In our valuable work. Life
has accomplished SOMETHING
even IL It's a BAD something
and life is proud.
Every writer has intimate, ex-
asperating experience with
'Lydias"-both male and female.
Many people make regular
business of heckling writer's.
These people usually want to be
writer's themselves. They wish
to exert power-to be admired
and respected. But they have
neither the talent or the energy
to attain their desires. So they
are filled with envy. And they
express their envious desire
through vicious. anonymous let.
tiers and bitter criticism.
These letters comfort them
and give them a strange, per.
verted sense Of satisfaction. They
feel that they. too, have accom-.
plished something.
Life, with it's restlessness, is
the most beautiful and the most
terrible force on earth. 1t must
raise OMETHING-and IL it
can't raise anything else it will
raise cain.
The Washington times., 1929-08-26
SECRETS OF
HEALTH

MENINGITIS signifies an in.
AVA Illumination of the me.
hinges, the meninges being the
name OF the three membranons
coverings OF the brain.
The commonest form of men
ingltIs Is so-called cerebro. spinal
fever. This is caused by the
germ "diplococcus intracellularis."
1t attacks the coverings of the
brain and the spinal cord. as well.
The organism producing tuber-
culosis may also cause menin.
gifts. It is then referred to as
tuberculosis meningitis. The
germ that gives rise to pneu-
monia meningitis. Other dis.
eases like typhoid may also
cause symptoms which really are
a form of meningitis.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis often
occurs in epidemics. Such QUIZ
breaks arN more frequent in the
winter months. Children and
young adults are the most sus-
ceptible.
AS a rule, the symptoms Of the
disease start abruptly. There may,
however. first be headache, loss
Of appetite and pains in the back.
In ordinary cases the temperature
rises quickly to 101 or 1O2, and
there Is headache, vomiting and a
severe chill. AS the headache be.
comes worse, great sensitiveness
to noises develops; likewise to
light.
A sign that Is very characters
tic Of meningitis is a painful stiff
ness of, the neck. The stiffness
may become so marked that the
head is thrown back due to the
rigid contraction Of the neck
muscles. Sometimes, also, the
muscles of the back are involved
and the back may be raised from
the bed. Commissions are not as
common as one might expect.
They do occur, however, in early
childhood cases.
The pain in the head may in.
crease during the progress of the
disease. The pain is largely in the
back of the skull and in the neck.
Often the entire spine is sensitive
to touch. Delirium is a prominent
symptom, and it may be very vio-
lent.
The disease vaNies a great deal
in It's course. 1t gets worse, then
better again.
When death occurs 1t Is most
frequently during the first DAYS
after the onset. In other cases
the symptoms usually are severe
for five or six days, then improve.
ment is noted in the lowering of
the temperature, the decrease of
the muscle spasms and in re
turn of the mind to normal.
In children meningitis may
leave a chronic thickening of
brain coverings and other inflam-
matory brain damage, which may
bring about epileptic commissions
or a state of permanent mental
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. A
condition of hydrocephalus, or
water on the BRAIN" may be
another aftermath OF the disease.
Nowadays physicians make
lumbar puncture" and remove
fluid from the spinal canal in
order to determine the presence
of meningitis and its variety.
Serum for its cure In certain
cases is also administered. Men
nights Is bad enough but some
times its after effects are even
worse, -.
The Washington times., 1929-08-26

I'M has q Mean Woman In his
d his family circle.
Jim thinks that's q novelty.
What q lot that boy has TO learn!
BE that as 1t may. this Mean
Woman is, according to Jim, the
worlds worst Mischief Maker.
Her name Is Lydia. She Is ~
years of age, disappointed spin.
ster. She's not an ordinary nag
or gossip. She has developed
Hellraisin' into a fine art.
Her chief joy in life consists
in starting riots. Usually she
begins with some fragment of
truth, some frail, filament of
scandal. Slowly, painstakingly,
with the zest of scientist and
the joy of an artist, she proceeds
to develop her case. A whisper
here--a hint there-a sigh of
sympathy to a peevish wife-a
seemingly reluctant word Of ad.
vice to an aggrieved husband
and phone calls ad lib-and the
thing is under way. BY the
time she is through she has a
young war on her hands, with
half q dozen families involved
and everyone reaching for a
throat hold. Then she sits back
and looks innocent. But secretly
she ticks her chops over a good
job, we'll done.
But why does she do IT."
cries the bewildered Jim. Every.
ones nice to her. Yet there isn't
one of us she hasn't knitted. And
III be daggoned If can figure
out why she gets that way"
Why does she get that way?
Why does she make cussedness?
FOR EXACTLY THE SAME
-, REASON THAT OTHER PEG
pie MAKE BLESSEDNESS.
Life is always urging US to
DO SOMETHING. ALWAYS
teasing us to ACT.
Life PREFERS constructive
action. It wants to BUILD UP
Ito PRODUCE. Study a healthy
tree, or plant or animal-or a
healthy human. They build. They
produce. They produce acorns
and seeds and nests and houses
and babies.
Normal life builds-builds use.
full things and happy relation.
The Washington times., 1929-08-26

Tim has a Mean Woman in his ships. But life Isl
Il HI. 4
The Washington times., 1929-08-26
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

WHO'S 1T" IN MATRIMONYY
NEARLY every man goes into
IN marriage with the secret con-
viction that woman needs a
boss; and nearly every woman
goes to the altar under the i'm.
preston that a man needs q
mother.
That is the great casus belli,
the real underlying reason for
most of the matrimonial battles
which seem to be drowning the
music of the spheres. these days.
1t is the apple of discord in the
Garden of Love.
The Big Idea In the average
mans mind seems to be, to find
high-strung. mettlesome woman
and then marry her and TAME
her, All she needs is master
full caVeman to knock some of
the headstrong Stiffness out of
her, and drive her with a curb
bit and tight rein.
Even while he is telling her
how dazzling and wonderful she
is he is planning to make her
wipe the mascara off her eyes
and wear her skirts few inches
longer. Even while he Is prOmis-
ing to make her happy for life,
he Is thinking up ways to make
her OVER.
He loves her because she Is
such a gay, free, daring, original
thing: but when HE gets her."
he'll trim off all the rough edges,
smooth down all her wild ways
and nut a soft Finish" on her
manners and temperament. What
a chance!
Meanwhile, II she's q normal
woman. the girl is already men
tally picking out his socks ana
ties, planning his diet. conspiring
to make him shave off his mus
tacne, and scheming to make him
give up some Of his bachelor
friends, and cut out. his before
dinner cocktail or his after dinner
cigar. All, "for his own good!
Even while she Is telling him
how big and strong and brave ana
masterful he Is, she is thinking
of him as just a spoiled boy. who
needs a guardian. a valet, a food
censor-and somebody to mother"
him.
Even before they have discov-
cred the color of each others eyes,
he is mentally tying her down to
the rockingham and the gas
range-and she Is mentally fol.
lowing him around with a ques
tionnaire and a hot-water bottle.
And that's where the life battle
begins! The struggle for suprem-
acy is the first step toward the
divorce court.
Three-quarters of a mans love
for a woman is love of conquest.
And the strongest tie that binds
a woman to a man is not the great
tie of duty or passionate devotion,
but the little tie of maternal ten
derness-the yearning desire to
mother" him-or smother him
Every man loves to be moth
ered"-a little. And every woman
loves to be ''mastered"-a little.
But, nobody loves a guardian, a
keeper, a reformer or a jailor. The
old-fashioned marriage was a mon
archy, in which the strongest will
ruled. But. modern marriage Is
a democracy.
Perhaps that's why II go seldom
lasts more than a few years, Then
q third party" comes to the fore
-And somebody else sets elected.
The Washington times., 1929-08-26
Japan Watchful, Wise
She Goes on BUILDING.

OUR wise Asiac friends the Japanese have an admirable
~ capacity for watching and waiting.
They watched and waited during the big war; AFTER
they had taken what they needed in their immediate neigh
borhood.
They sent intelligent Japanese soldiers and sailors as
observers to watch and learn Europe But THEY ddn
get into the war;
Now Japan is watching and waiting while Great Britain
and the United States make gestures and stop cruiser
building But Japan isn't stopping ANYTHING and goes
right ahead with programme Of eight cruisers Of 10000
tons each.
Japanese newspapers praise President Hoover Ramsay
Macdonald for not building and for their peaceful action
! BUT WISE JAPAN BU11Da
The Washington times., 1929-08-26
REAL MONEY! THAT'S DIFFERENT
Much Truth In It q

This picture by Fitzpatrick published in the st. Louis
Post Dispatch with the caption We're Bound to Recog
nizs That
The feeling that Government refused to recognize
Russia, when there nothing in recognition for
But when Russia offering in trade $120O0000o Of
REAL money, that is something else
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-01
PUBLIC LIKES BARRETT WILL
LOUGHBY'S NEW BOOK.

The flare for biography among those who
read books, that broke loose with renewed vigor
a few years ago, promises to stay with us a
steady light That is due to the circumstance
that much of the biography that is being
written is literature, and teeming with human
interest. The dust-dry rectals of the major
achievements of notable people, with catalogues
of their manifold virtues, no longer suffice. People
want to know something of the real facts sur
rounding the subject of the bographer and
something of intriguing interest about the results
of his efforts Writers are supplying the demand
and selling their books
Under the circumstances it causes surprise
among those who have read Barrett Wiloughby's
book, "GentlemeL Unafraid" to learn that it is
in large demand throughout the country Word
comes from the East that the publishers de-
lighted with the returns from the book which
is an account OF the Alaska work of five sturdy
who have lived close to Nature and overcome
obstacles that only unafrad would dare
tackle Sandy Smith 'Scotty' Allan, George
Watkin Evans, Capt sgd Darlington and DR.,
Georgeson are Barrett Wiloughbys heroes In
recounting their experiences and those of her own
people the author makes graphic pictures of some
of the most interesting phases of Alaska condi-
tions, life and development. And she has given
an entertaining volume. 4stE XIII
The critics gave the book favorable send
off, and the authors many Alaskan friends are
delighted that the public has responded sat-
isfactory
Barrett Wiloughbys book, Trial Eat
ers,' that is now appearing seriay in a monthly
magazine, will, it is understood, come out as a
book in April. The publishers expect large
sale among discriminating readers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-01
REFORESTING OLYMPIC PENINSULA
SPRUCE LANDS.

The Zellerbachs who have al large newsprnt
paper mill at Port Angeles, Washington and other
pulp and paper enterprises at Pert Angeles and
Port Townsend, and prospective Alaska paper
makers, are reforesting with spruce their Olympic
Peninsula lands as fast they cut the timber
OF Most of their lands yield hemlock, but they
planting spruce all of that which their
operations make available for reforestaton. They
figure that Olympic Peninsula forest lands will
produce three crops OF spruce in century
In support of the theory that three crops of
spruce can be raised each Zoe years they have
examples from natural reforestation A portion of
Quillayute Prairie that was under cultivation in
the early days of farming in that section was
last plowed in 1898 Almost Immediately after
cultivation of the property ceased spruce seedlings
began to spring up. In 1928 35 years after the
land had been last plowed, about quarter of an
acre of this former cultivated prairie logged
for pulpwood. Sixty-eight trees cut and
produced 1924 cords.
The Zellerbachs pay the Indians S125 a sack
for gathering spruce cones in the woods Each
sack produces about two pounds of spruce seeds.
These planted in nursery where they remain
for at least three years before being replanted
in the cut-over lands. Only healthy trees are
repanted.
The circumstance that the Quillayute Prairie
reforestation through natural processes would
suggest that it probably took several years for
the distribution Of the seeds In spite of that
the trees ready for the axe and saw within
35 years. 1t would appear that if the lands
had been planted with trees three or more
years of age lin single the development
would have been even quicker.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-01
Gold Producers and the Farmer.
Engineering and Mining Journal


The farmer must have relief, indeed ire
Ispective of political consideration. One must
recognize that the state of his wellbeing has too
important bearing on the prosperity of the Ma
ton to be ignored. Continuance of the national
prosperity is difficult to imagine if the large
agricultural class suffers from financial difficult
ties Everything possible should be done to
insure to it fair share of the wealth flowing
into the pockets of other large units of the
population. All that remains is to find way
to do it.
Surveying the agricultural situation of the
last six years, the National Industrial Conference
Board finds no fundamental improvement; and
current indications warrant expectations of
such a change in the near future it declares.
Average prices (weghted) for 80 representative
farm products at the farm have increased but 2S
per cent in fourteen years, whereas the prices
of the machinery, feed, fertilizer, and other
goods used in production As per cent. higher
on the average; the wages paid to farm hands are
6S per cent. higher and the cost of family main
tenance is IS per cent, taxes 1853 per cent,
and interest on farm indebtedness is Sc per cent.
more than in 1914. These FIVE items combined,
according to the Conference Board, represent an
increase of 65 per cent in the cost of farm
Operation.
The gold producer--particulary the quondam
producer-surveys the agitation in behalf of the
farmer with rueful interest. He, too, has suf-
fered from increasing costs of labor and supplies
Unlike the farmer, he has received for his product
not 2S per cent more than in 1914 but exactly
the same price then Unlike the farmer in
the aggregate, he has been unable to attract the
attention of the general public to his plight,
and even If he had succeeded, the public, neither
eating gold nor understanding it, would have been
mystiied as to why anyone producing the prec-
ious metal should not be in affluence His few
champions in Congress failed to secure the pass
age OF the bonus bill, apparently the only sug-
gested relndy, and so he took the only possible
course-he carried until he could no longer
do so. The few survivors are those who either
have had an exceptional grade of ore. or else by
means OF improved large-scale operation have been
able to reduce costs in spite of rising prices
The gold miners plight is the penalty ex-
acted in periods of rising commodity prices from
those who seek to produce the standard by which
wealth is measured. To recoup his loss or get
his revenge, he must wait until prices fall onca
more, II haply he survive or his reserves
mold out He apparently has long wait ahead
lof him
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-01

ard OF health and endeavor constantly to
maintain it. Have high ideals of physi-
cal, mental, and emotional fitness.
Form Health Habits Good health
habits of eating, elimination, sleeping,
breathing, bathing, and posture will
make your life happier and richer. Take
care of your eyes, teeth, hair, and feet.
Correct Your Defects-Seek to find
and remedy causes of all ailments. Have
a regular health and dental examina-
ton by reliable experts. Get the best
advice you can.
Daily Exercise Exercise daily in the
open air. Fresh air sharpens the mind.
Master two games an indoor and an out
door. Have hobby along some creative
line as gardening, architecture, or me-
chanics Plan your vacation carefully.
Rest--Get sufficient sleep with win
dows open, but avoid oversleeping Learn
to relax Stand and sit erect
Mental Hygiene-Avoid fear, worry,
anger, irritation, over-excitement, and
other emotional excuses. Cultivate
laughter, optimism, and constructive
thinking.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-01
WOULD YOU BE HEALTHFUL?

Since Ponce de Leon and his search for the
fountain of youth. and even before then, man
has been in search of the road to health. Some
times not wisely but always with avidity. And
not inconsiderable progress has been made toward
success even though the fountain of youth yet
remains to be discovered despite the work of
Serge yironoff.
In recent years it has come to be recog-
nized that health is very large factor in hap
piness. and that it is the result of mental as
well as physical fitness attainable only through
consistent individual effort Among the numerous
formula for keeping healthful, there has come
to our attention the following six more or less
simple rules which could be observed with profit
by almost everyone. They are:
Set Goal--Haye personal stand
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-01
Another Great Need OF the Day
A trouble exterminator.
More Or Less True

If Nature had reversed the pro-
cess and made it easy to think and
hard to talk lot of folks would
have more friends.
The difference between a mid
dle-aged woman and a flapper is
that middle-aged woman thinks
it is simply absurd to shiver in
winter just to be able to show the
full length of silk hosiery
1t is next to impossible for a
modern family to respect father
who thinks it is more important
to keep ahead of the bills than
1t is to keep ahead of the neigh
bors.
Some flappers give us the i'm
preston nothing could surprise
them more than to learn the hands
can be put to other uses besides
that of welding lipstick and
holding up mirror.
The only person who can be
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1929-02-01
Ups and Downs.
Manchester Guardian

Manchester cfuardian)
Though We live in world of three dimensions
we make very little use of one of them-existence
would be a startling business If we could move
up and down with the freedom that travel
backwards and forwards from side to side.
For one thing, should have much more choice
in the matter of weather; there are times when
one can walk across half county without ex-
Treating oneself from thick fog. whereas a
slight ascent OF fifty a hundred feet would
see the volatile voyager just above the fog level
and bathed in sunshine Goldsmiths picture of
the mountain
Though round its breast the rolling
clouds spread.
Eternal sunshine settles on its head
is to some extent overdrawn; it would not need
a leap of mountain height to rise above the level
OF many ground mists that have been turned
by urban smoke into the most desperate and
desolating fogs. Nevertheless we have inst had
IAN interesting reminder that 1.-The higher the
better" is by no means infallible recipe for
those VINO would improve their weather. for a few
days ago an air liner flying from Paris to Lon
don found itself involved at only 900 feet high
In snowstorm that reached the earth at
all. A little lower down the snow had To mass
through layer of warmer air and it reached
ground level merely rain. 1t is curious to
think of such vicisstudes of weather within n
distance that could be covered in two or three
minutes walking if it happened to lie in a
horizontal direction instead of the vertical nlane
Perhaps, after all, it is just as well thar one
aspect OF our three-dimensional space is not re-
latively so very much to u.s. We complain
ABOUT our lncaculabe climate when we move
through II On the fiat but its fickeness wouId
be vastly increased If were under any neces
sity OF sampling its very closely adjacent ms
ana downs Highness in the meteorological sense
is closely associated with fightiness