Nogales international., 1930-06-03

vented the gasoline engine and thai
part of the petroleum suddenly be-
tame the most useful The Deisel en-
Eine, which uses heavy oil fuel, has
not yet been sufficiently developed to
consume anything like the surplus LETT
after the gasoline has been extracted.
DEFENSE
Thirty-seven ships of war steamed
nto New York harbor through the fog
the other morning. Overhead lou
Navy airplanes, loosed from the decY
Of the airplane carrier Saratoga"
scared over the city. 1t was ths
Navy's demonstration of strength, and
an impressive one.
Navy men do not like the program
of reducing armaments. They would
like US to believe that all the rest oi
the world is watching for chance ia
pounce upon us and that only an enor-
nous Navy can keep US from being
gobbled up.
Cine does not have to agree with
their point of view, however, to admit
that battle feet in the Hudson Rivei
is a magnificent spectacle and that
flock of airplanes can draw everybody
away from their desks and tools I'd
the roof-tops to watch the show. VIZ
older folk will never get over oui
wonder at seeing men fly. To thu
youngsters it is already common
place.
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Most people think that the braia
needs as much food as the body does
People complain of fatigue after men,
tai effort, and because they feel as
tired as if they had been using theii
muscles they think they must havt
used up as much energy as if they had
been working with their bodies.
Scientists at Wesleyan University
have been studying the energy re-
u1irements of brain workers for years,
and have announced that all of thu
energy expended in solid hour of thu
most intense mental effort can be re-
placed by eating half of a saltcd pea
nut five minutes spent in busting
a desk consumes more energy than
an hour of hard mental work at the
desk.
/; Much of the so-called mental
fatigue is physical fatigue. The writer
who is tired after a day at The type
writer or pen is tired because of the
physical effort of writing. Many who
complain of brain-fag after a day of
! business conferences should rather
complain of "talk-fag." The physical
effort of continuous speaking is great
energy-consumer, as every orator and
actor knows.
Most often, so-called mental fatigue
comes from the failure to eliminate,
wastes properly from the body. Tho
one thing the brain-worker needs most
is physical exercise in the open air.
/ MOVIES
Mr.. Will H. Hays, President of
the Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors of America, very
courteously writes to me concerning
comment in this column few weeks
ago to the effect that the movies do
not give a real picture of life, and
sends me quantity of printed matter
to prove that the picture men are do
ing their best to keep the movies pure.
Purity is one thing and intelligence
is something else again. You can lay
down rules which if followed, will
prevent the movies from giving ofense
even to the most prudish mind. There
are no possible rules by which people
who do not know the difference be-
tween truth and falsehood can be pre-
vented from putting false ideas on the
screen.
| The motion picture is today tho
most influential force in the world,
because it impresses the very young
through the most effective channel
| for Impressions the eyes. For that
reason, the movies are a fair target
! for criticism all the time.