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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11

dians Across the hail. slowly, like an
old woman, down the porch steps,
toward the shabby little car next to.
the big rich one. AS she went she
heard Yancey's voice twas there an
exultant note in it?) at the telephone.
"Jesse! Take this. Get it in
Ready! Ex-Chief Big Elk, of
the Usage nation, and Mrs Big Elk,
living at Wazhazhe, announce the mar
riage of their daughter Ruby Big Elk
to Cimarron Cravat, son of-don't in
terrupt me-I'm in a hurry--sOn of
Mr.. and Mrs. Yancey Cravat, of this
city. The wedding was solemnized at
the home of the brides parents and
was followed by an elaborate dinner.
made up of many Indian and Ameri-
can dishes, partaken of by the parents
of the bride and the groom, many rela-
tives and numerous friends of the
young :.
Sabra climbed heavily into the car
and sat staring at the broad back of
the car ahead of her. Chief Big Elk
and his wife came out presently, I'M
real, bizarre in the brilliant monday
Oklahoma sunshine, ushered by Yam
cey. He was being charming. They
heaved their ponderous bulk into the
big car. Yancey got in beside Sabra.
She spoke to him once only.
II think you are glad"
"This is Oklahoma. In way It's
what l wanted it to be when l came
here twenty years ago. Gins like
your father, Lewis venable. Weak
stuff, but good stock. Ruby's pure
Indian blood and magnificent animal.
It's hard on you now. my darling.
But their children and their grand
children are going to be such stuff as
Americans are made Of You'll see"
81 hope l shall die before that day."
The shabby little middle-class car
followed the one whirling ahead Of
them over the red clay Oklahoma
roads. Eating the dust of the big car
just ahead.
tTo BE CoNTINUED.>
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11

Various commentators have ad-
vanced different theories as to why
Shakespeare's play was given the
name "As You Like It." Braithwait,
however, in his 'Barnaby's Journal"
speaks of "As You Like 1t" as a
proverbial motto. and this seems more
likely to imply the true explanation Of
the title of Shakespeare's play. The
title of the comedy may on this sup
position be exactly parallel with that
of "Much Ado About Nothing" The
proverbial title Of the play implies
the freedom of thought and indiffer-
ence to censure which eharacterlzes
the sayings and dOings of most of the
actors in this comedy Of human ma
ture in forest. f,e
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
DON'T KNOCK

American novelists roast American
life. Hence they are called Pam
Americans" said Gene Tunney whose
interest in literature has recently been
pronounced genuine by famous now
elist. "If they lived abroad, the UNI
charitable hounds, they'd find lots
more to roast.
Il know an American painter who
went to live in FrenIh village. I
met him one day in Paris and asked
him how he liked French village life.
"'Fair,' said he.
"'Have you called on any of your
neighbors?'
"'No,' he said, but I'm going to IL
I miss any more of my wood"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
Auntie's Promotion

please, madam" asked the pretty
parlor maid. may l have Monday off
to go to see my aunt?"
Before her mistress could reply,
little Peggy, who. had certain inside
information on the subject, added her
pleadings to the maids.
"Oh, mummy" she said, do let
her. Her aunt's been made SER
geant. "-Liverpoo Express.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11

in three waves. the first appearing
very suddenly in May and June, 1918,
the second in September and October,
declining in December and the third
in March, 1910. It's origin was at
tributed by France to Spain. whence
came its most frequently used desig-
nation of Spanish influenza" Spain,
in turn, attributed the outbreak to
France, and this continent thought It
started in eastern Europe. Virtually
all the western nations were heavy
sufferers. 1t was most virulent in the
second wave.-Montreal Family Her
aid.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11

enhanced with great plate-glass win
dow. In this window Sol displayed a
mountaineering assortment of foods.
Juicy white stalks Of asparagus in
glass, as large around as mans two
thumbs; great ripe olives, their pur-
ple-black cheeks glistening with oil !;
lobster, mushrooms, French peas, sar-
dimes, mountainous golden cheeses,
tender broilers, peaches in syrup, pork
roasts dressed in frills. Dozens of
chickens, pounds of pork, baskets of
delicacies were piled in the cars of
homeward bound Osages. Often. when
the food bills mounted too high, the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
Catching 1t Either Way

"That fellow Dubleigh has got
scared, sneaking look. Has he been
in any position to do any crook work
here?" asked the president.
NO" grinnei tic manager 81 know
the answer, to his actions. His wife
has ordered him to demand more
money. and the poor fish knows he's
lucky to get what he does. '-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
Early Life Insurance

The earliest life insurance policy
of which anything definite is known
was issued in 1888 in London, insur-
ing the life of William GIBBONS for
twelvemonth. This policy was under
written by IS persons acting individ-
ually and the premium was $50 thou
sand.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
ElashIiehts

Shirley and her mother started out
about dusk to visit neighbor, but
Shirley kept tagging behind. Finally
mother said:
Hurry, daughter, or we'll never get
there"
"Oh, wait minute, mother, I'm
watching these bugs with their fash
lights" said Shirley.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
Oh. Boyl

Daisy-It's surprising how many
men you keep company with. How
many do you think you can keep on
the string.
Dolly-I really don't know, dear.
How many men are there?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
Ready Agreement

Husband-My dear, your passion for
spending money at the stores will have
to be checked.
Wife-All right, John. Just give
me the check.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
The Right Kind

$50 you're married! Did you have
a honeymoon, Malinda?"
"Ah suppose yo' might call it dat,
ma'am-Ephriam done helped me wild
de washin' de fust week."-Pathfinder
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
Not the Answersl

"a statesman is supposed to be ia
miIiar with all public questions"
YES" replied Senator Sorghum;
"but not necessarily with all the an
swers."-Washingto Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
Novice Buv. an ANTIQUE

'How much did you pay for this
jar?" asked the collector friend.
"Only $10," replied the inexpert
owner, rather proudly.
"Humph! And was there any jam
in it,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11
HEIGHT OF VANITY +.

She-What do you consider the
height of vanity?
He-HOw tall are you?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-09-11

THAT weak little fellow we met
says he's ventriloquist and can
throw his voice"
Don't you believe this voice Is
too strong for him to throw"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
Daily Health Service
Vitamin Theory Of Years Ago Now
Recognized as a Scientific Fact
Make Important Discoveries in Scurvy

Editors note: This is the 10th
of series OF SO timely articles BY
DR.. Morris Fishbein on FOOD
Truths and Follies," dealing with
such much discussed but little
known subjects as calories, vita
minis, minerals, digestion and bal
atlced diet.
Y X y
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American
Medical Association, and Of
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
What was once known as the vita
min theory Is now regarded as q
well established scientific fact. Two
hundred years ago q careful observer
said that neither. medicine nor sur
gerry would help patient with scurvy.
This man, named Cramer, suggested
the use of green vegetables or the
fresh juice of oranges, lemons or
citrons, as relief for this disease.
Some other observers confirmed this
observation. BY 1904, sailors In the
British navy began to receive rations
of lemon juice. Whereas thousands
of cases occurred previously during
any year, the number was at once
reduced so that the disease became
exceedingly rare.
Among the Japanese a disease
called beri beri was exceedingly
prevalent. The number Of cases IN
the navy outnumbered annually from
Is to 40 per cent of the entire force.
About 1885 japanese named Takaki
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
Michigan's Brutal Crimes

Just as the report of the Wicker
sham Commission is released upon
'Lawlessness in Law Enforcement, !"
comes the news Of Michigan's horri-
Bile torch murders, brutal slaughter
with robbery and assault as the mo-
tives. It is such crimes as these
which incite police officials to use
the third degree and other methods
to get the truth out of suspects.
Doubtless drastic methods to force
confessions have been used and in
many instances such tactics are to be
condemned, but law enforcement
agents know there are times when
some pressure not exactly gentle
must be used.
The prevalence recently of brutal
murders on the public highways Is a
terrible indictment Of the handling
OF crime and criminals throughout
the length and breadth Of the ma
ton.
There are still unsolved the cases
of the Imperial Valley Sayings and
the killing Of the girl student near
the Apache trail. Thsse are but 9
few a TIE many shocking instances
Of old-blooded murders. .'
Rapid motor transportation In the
hands q the criminal class has made
detection doubly hard. Now Grim
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
No Place for Trucks

The Ohio Public Utilities commits
sion recently took an action which
should win it the gratitude of motor
lists all over the country. It denied
two trucking firms the right to oper-
ate over the main lake shore high
way-U. S. 20-which connects the
middle west with the east, on the
ground that that highway holds all
the traffic it can handle already.
1t might be a good thing If other
official bodies would copy this ruling
After all, the highways were paved
primarily for the pleasure car mo-
torist. Paying passengers and freight
were transported about the country
very we'll before motor bus and truck
We're invented, and the railroads are
far from over -burdened with busl-
ness.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18

reasoned that diet had some rela-
ton to the disease, and succeeded
In having the diets Of the sailors
modified by substituting barley for
the polished rico that had been the
chief constituent Of the diet previ-
ously. At once beri beri practically
disappeared among the sailors.
Finally in 1897 an observer named
Eijkman studied q condition In birds
produced by feeding them polished
rice, and found It could be cured BY
feeding rice polishings to the birds.
He Is credited with perhaps the most
important observation in the devel-
opment Of the knowledge Of vitamins.
It Is important because it emphasized
the fact that there was some SUBJ
stance in foods essential to proper
growth and health. From that time
on many other investigators have
carried on experiments which have
resulted in the vast amount Of
knowledge now available on food es-
sentials.
The name Wtamin was given to
these products In December, 1911, by
Frank Funk. He thought at that time
that he had isolated the beri beri
vitamin in q pure state, and he gave
it the name because he thought It
was an anime subtance essential to
life. The language that has grown
up about the Ntamins Is perhaps In
general about as inaccurate as the
term "vitamin" itself. However, Ian
guage IS no respector Of facts.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
BARBS

Liquor has showed up In the Phila-
delphia navy yard. Sailors will have
at least one sweetheart In that port.
Y X Y
A woman is suing Judge for ST.
737,748. She must think he's from
Chicago.
Spend your boarded cash and end
the depression, says the head Of the
A. F. L. What cash?
Y X X
A man named O'Leary stole COW
and was sentenced to nine to eight
cen months. Nothing like the kick
of that first OLeary cow.
X X X
Hoover let his 57th birthday 60 ur-
observed. Well, anyway, that's one
more on him.
+ 4 4
Science is trailing steaks back to
the pasture. Probably just case
of mistaken identity.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18

the United States; Part Two, the
Rest of the World.
William q. Shepherd.
Y X y
In human affairs there Is always
somehow a slight majority on the
side of reason.
DIR. Henry Van Dyke.
X \ X
For years I tried to get rid Of this.
Now I find that my fat is money in
the bank.-Marie Dressler, actress.
Nicaraguan mothers used to frigh-
ten their children by telling them
if they misbehaved they would call
the marine with "evil eyes"-as q
matter of fact, nickname some
times applied to me.-Smedley D.
Butler.
There must be a god Of luck
Frank Clarke, wartime aviator.
X X X
It's my mission in life to be the
despised critic, the faultfinder. I
must carp and scold till everyone
despises me. That's what was put
here for.-Sinclair Lewis.
X X X
Tennis is making buns Of our
young players.-Dr. Sumner Hardy.
president of the California Lawn
Tennis association.
X Y Y
Wages in America are generally
conceded to be on a higher level than
but the average industrial
wage throughout the country Is no
more than $25 per week.-Matthew
Woll, vice president Of the American
Federation of Labor.
X X X
We are all meditating in the busi-
ness world whether there will be any
fittest when the survival comes
Thomas L. Chadbourne.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
START ITALIAN DRIVE

On Aug. 1S. 1917, the Italians
started their second and most spec
tacular offensive against the Aus
trians. It was reported the most i'm
portant and longest sustained as
sault upon the enemy in his own ter
ritory since the war began.
In the early stages of the drive
Austrian casualties reached 100000,
Of whom over $4,000 were known to
be prisoners. The AustrianS also lost
immense amounts Of war material,
principally abandoned in the vast in
trenched camps on Bainsizza or cap
tured under convoy in the Chiapo-
vano Valley.
On this date also an official report
was given out saying that since the
beginning Of the offensive on the
Russian front on July 10, $4,000 Rus
sian prisoners had been taken by
Austro- Germans.
It was likewise officially stated on
this date that the armed forces of
the United States included: regular
army, 305,700; national guard, 3l1,-
900; reserve corps, $4,000; total land
forces, 710,024; sea forces, 233,117;
grand total, 943,141.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
Sun-Burned Noses

Hay fever sufferers can now hav'
the interiors of their noses sun
burned and toughened SO as to resis
the .rritations of pollen. An Austrian
doctor, SO reports go, has had sue
cess with this scheme Of treatment
The New York Times describes TIN
process as follows:
An Austrian doctor has an
other more colorful plan. The
sun-tan fad has demonstrated
how sunburn toughens the outer
skin. Why not use the same
method for the oversensitive
membranes of the nose? Since
it is impracticable, not to say i'm
possible, to tilt the patients nose
SO as to give him a natural sun
burn in its inner caverns, the
plan is to use powerful ultra-vio-
let rays from a mercury lamp in
a thin rod of quartz or rock
crystal.
The rcd is placed in the nasal
cavity and pushed to the extreme
back part of the nose. When the
light is turned on, the rays bathe
the whole inside of the nose. In
this way it is possible to give a
mild interior sunburn in less than
fifteen minutes. The toughened
surfaces, after several treatments,
become callous to the irritations of
pollen. Eighty per cent cures
are reported. If this high record
continues, sun-burned noses may
continue to be popular long after
the sun-tan fad for their exteriors
is a thing of the past"
In Chicago the hospitals are ex-
perimenting upon methods to relieve
if not cure hay fever. A ward is be-
ing set aside where hay fever patients
can sleep in air from which all pol
len has been removed. Volunteers
will try this process until Oct. l. 1t
Is thought that q night free of sneeze-
will enable the patient to combat the
air during business
hours.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
how. is that the song he renders Is
Help Yourself to Happiness"

how, is that the song he renders is
Help Yourself to Happiness"
X X X
The presence of tragedy and COM
edy can seem so far away while be-
ing so close in this big town. It was
a chalk-faced elevator man, white
haired, lean and old in service, who
presented to me stark slice of
street scene drama" the other night
when I went to a Sind street apart
ment.
Two women were talking to the
man.
my maid looked out the window
and she said she saw a man stand
ing there with a gun in his hand" "
one woman chartered.
THAT must have been a detective" i"
reflected the old fellow, as he leaned
against the elevator door-to open
it. "Then heard the shot and
there he was, dead. And a fine
man. For years have taken
him up and down. This very
night 1 took him down. would
never have guessed what was on his
mind. Oh, yes, heard that he
had money trouble, but you wouldn't
expect that to bother the likes Of
him. j.. Now If 1t was me, you could
understand. . But such fine man
shooting himself"
The elevator started suddenly, while
the old fellow mumbled dazedly to
himself. spent the evening at a
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
It also happens that there's q lit

It also happens that there's lit
tie sand square at the front of the
Terminal building where hundreds of
pigeons flutter each day, and there
are the usual number of hangers on
to feed them.
The other day, as I approached
this spot saw a small crowd gath
ering. About halfway up the block
a man was shooing a lone and lost
pigeon back to the square. The bird
was reeling excitedly back and forth.
with the man attempting to get 1t
headed straight.
You know" he was saying, "this
darn bird gets lost every day. I have
to spend half an hour steering 1t back
to the rest of them. It's just dumb
hasn't any sense"
Yes. it was "Porky," that very
hard-boiled gent!
Y X X
BY this time Helen Walsh, the
dark-eyed beauty of the "Follies,' .
lies in her grave Her name will be
recalled from time to time when
newspaper men are writing para
graphs about tragedies of lovely
chorineS.
And it has already been recorded
that Harry Richman. music show and
night club chanter, went back to the
theater after the fatal explosion
aboard his yacht, and though badly
burned, went through his routine.
What has escaped my notice, some
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
LIN
I3II'1
IZONN
!!E!asd!! van

New York, Aug. 18.-Life Is like
that! But it's also like this:
Taxi drivers of New York are rated
as a particularly hard-boiled crew.
And those who navigate "gyps" are
assumed to come at the head Of this
classification. Their higher priced
chariots gather in front of certain
hotels, cafes, railroad stations and
other spots where the unwary stran-
ger is likely to be encountered. They
prey particularly upon visitors, who
don't know their way around. Innu-
merable warnings are issued, advising
out-of -towners to look for the rs
and S" variety.
Very we'll. it so happens that one
of their stands is adjacent to the
Pennsylvania terminal. Passing this
point daily I have come to know sew
eral of them, at least by sight. And
one particularly "gyp' specimen is
known as "Porky," because of his
avoirdupois.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18
Gandhi Balks Again
New York TimeS)

Gandhis refusal to go to the Lon
don round-table conference, even If
one chooses to believe that it is not
final decision, differs nevertheless
from the earlier hesitationS and
doubts that have attended the prep
arations for this enormously adver-
tised journey. The swift succession
of cancellations and reconsiderationS
that have followed each other like
April rain and April laughter have
proceeded from the Nationalist lead
er's own emotional moods, or from
conditions in the party politics of In
dia with which the British raj was
hardly concerned. When Gandlli de-
clared many weeks ago that he would
not go to London until the acute
problem of Hindu -Moslem relations
had been worked out, it was condi-
ton which the British authorities
could do very little to meet. 1t is
different today when Gandhi declares
that he cannot take up the discus
sion of India's Constitution with the
British because the latter have been
violating the Delhi truce concluded
between him and the former viceroy,
Lord Irwin. This is an accusation of
bad faith which, coming from such a
source must be met; and it should be
easier to deal with than the highly
subtilized psychic manifestations up
on which it has hitherto depended
whether Gandhi would take ship or
not.
Obviously it goes to the heart of
the situation whether or not, as
Gandhi states, pledge by the Brit
ish government to the people Of India
can be relied upon. It is not pro-
English prejudice on the part Of the
outsider to suggest that a deliberate
attempt by the new viceroy to go
back on the terms of the Delhi agree
ment is hardly conceivable. More
than a crime it would be in the pres
ent situation of world opinion-a
blunder. That is why the most rea-
sonable explanation of Gandhi's
charges Is some miSunder5tandin
The cynical thought does present it.
self that Gandhi has been disap-
pointed in his hope of arriving at an
agreement with the Mohammedan
leaders, and that he would like to
divert attention from his defeat. But
that does injustice to his intelligence
and his sense of responsibility. That
he should heedlessly invite the risk
Of plunging India into turmoil once
more Is scarcely credible.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-08-18

inals are using the airplane and the
radio to aid in escape. Every agency
used to detect crime is as well per-
fected and used by law violators
themselves to evade detection. Re-
Gently a gang of criminals was ar
rested. Their automobiles were equip
ped with radio sets which could pick
up the police flashes" meant for
the equipment in the cars OF the
various patrols. Gangland has set
up an elaborate and seemingly eff
cient defense to avoid what used to
be called the long and strong arm
of the law"