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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-09
Strange Beginnings

A school Of mines seems scarcely the place 70 serve
an apprenticeship for a career OF greatness in the air.
It has been done, however-and by none other than Sir
George Hubert Wilkins, that distinguished explorer OF
arctic and antarctic Businesses who is making prepara-
tions for a daring submarine journey under the ice cap
Of the North Pole. Sir Hubert. who was born at Mount
Bryant, South Australia, in 1883, spent his college days
attending classes at Adelaide School of Mines.
OF course the incongruity of this preparation for fame
Is a flyer Is chiefly in the way the words fall upon
the ear. A school of mines teaches other subjects be-
side mining. wilkins, the college student, wanted to be
an engineer. This early training provided an excellent
background for the years Of scientific adventuring in
which he has engaged since. Sir Hubert was with Stefan
son on his arctic expedition in 1913; a captain in the
Australian flying corps during the war. and naturalist
In shackletons antarctic expedition in 1922. In 1927
King G~eorge-flying across the arctic circle from Point
Barrow, Alaska, to Spitzbergen, a distance Of 2,100
miles. In 1929, in command Of his own expedition he
cooperated with Commander Byrd in exploring the ant
arctic continent.
Far far away all this seems from the school Of mines
classroom. Far away, too, 70 doubt, from the future -
that youthful student visualized 1t. Other great men
in the worlds history have achieved fame from begin
nings as remote from their later activities. There were
George Washington, the surveyor; Hans Christian An
dersen, the tailor. and Thomas A. Edison, the tele-
graph operator. The moral, II there Is ono in these
life stories seems to be that the surest way to train q
boy for greatness IS to let him grow up. Destny-that
incalculable mingling Of divine and human forces-must
do the rest. Great aviators will come from stranger
haunts than q school Of mines and no one should be
surprised to learn Of poets who once piled the needle.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Child With High Blood Pressure

Question: X. L. asks: Gould a
child of twelve years have high blood
pressure? Also, what would cause him
to have night sweats?"
Answer: You can easily find out
If the child has high blood pressure
by having him examined. Any ply
sician car tell you in five minutes his
exact blood pressure. If he has high
blood pressure and night sweats he
is doubtlessly in a serious condition,
and you should consult a physician
at once for a diagnosis. If you will
then write to me, sending the doctors
report I may be able to send you
some helpful information.
Carrots and Raisins
Question: Mrs. j. o. asks: Should
carrots be boiled with their skins on
or off? Also, I use raisins a lot in
baking and buildings. Is this good?"
Answer: Carrots should always be
cooked with their skins on, and it is
all right to use a small amount of
raisinS in baking, but I do not recon-
mend puddings, as they are usually
made Of starch, sugar and acid which
make a bad combination.
Acne
Question: Mrs. M. G. E. writes:
Please advise me what to do with nv
tace. Bumps come under the skin.
and when I mash them out they don't
flatten out. There are just little
bumps all over my face"
Answer: You are no doubt SUI
fering from some form of acne. Get
your bowels in perfect condition and
consult a dermatologist who will
probably give you ultraviolet treat
nientS on your face.
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Unsung Achievements

Business depressions, political struggles and interns,
tional complications may come and go. monopolizing the
headlines and posing briefly as the important news Of
the day; but all the while medical science goes un.
obtrusively along its path, and without any blare Of
trumpets accomplishes things that will be considered the
high1ights of the age when historians get busy half q
century hence.
A brief article in a recent issue Of the Journal of the
American Medical association points to some Of the &C.
complishments of medicine during 1904 year note
worthy, to most Of us. merely for the misfortune It in
fNcted on us.
It wasn't all misfortune. A great many lives will be
saved. through many centuries to come, because of things
that were done in 1880.
To begin with, the artificial lung. or ~respirator, was
perfected by Drs. Philip Drinker and L. A. Shaw. This
has already saved the lives of a number Of people whose
breathing apparatuses were p~aralyzed by infantile para
lysis or gas poisoning.
DR.. J. shega of Seoul, Korea. found that feeding vita
minis in sufficient quantity to animals prevented leorosy;
and 1t is hoped that this will point the way to the pre-
vention Of leprosy in human beings.
Investigators at Columbia University and Johns
Hopkins Medical school believe they have found the virus
causing the common cold.
It was discovered that Vitamin D shortens the time
that it takes blood to clot-a matter of vital Importance
in surgical operations.
In instrument whereby heart disease can be disclosed
In its early stages. before the ordinarily noticeable symp-
toms are apparent, was demonstrated by DR.. F. v. Wells
Of Newark, NJ j.
Drs. Szymanowski and Hicks of the Western Pennsyl-
vania hospital institute Of pathology found that ex-
trernely short radio waves can be of value in killing the
poison of diphtheria. Similarly, DR.. w T.. Richards Of
Princeton university found that fever produced by radio
waves is helpful in treating paralysis; and the germ that
causes creeping paralysis was discovered by Sir James
Purves-Stewart and Katherine Chevassut of Westmin-
ster Hospital, London.
That is an imposing list of accomplishments It may
be that some who read this will live longer, because Of
these discoveries, than would otherwise be the case. At
aiy rate, it indicates clearly that 1890 was not quite
the year Of disaster that some of US have supposed.
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s BARBS

High-toned walters who look
askance at the dime you leave them
should realize that that's all John d.
ever gives.
X X
A member Of Parliament has sug-
gested that q knighthood be conferred
on Charlie Chaplin. In that event
will they call him Earl Of Derby?
+
When Edgar Lee Masters said that
this Is 1.-THE age Of brass and gas"
was he trying, by any chance, to ex-
plain the reason for his biography Of
Lincoln?
* y X
Speaking of tough breaks, consider
that st. Paul boy who recently SUI
fered his ed fracture.
= * 4
Sophomores at the University of
California are engaged In a whisker-
growing contest, which promises to
be quite a hair-raising event.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
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more graceful is the one to use. OF
course, one needs to be careful about
stirring conspicuously.
@. What is the derivation of the
word, vitaphone? z. s. p.
A. V%itaphone Is a coined word de-
rived from vita meaning life, and
phone meaning sound.
Q. How many commemorative
! stamps are struck Of one kind? e. G.
A. The number of commemorative
stamps to be issued is specified by the
Post Office Department. The num-
Der Is not always the same as there
Is a greater demand for certain types
Of commemorative stamps.
@. What Is the myth or legend
connected with Burne-Jones THE
Golden Stairway" A. r.
A. There is no legend connected
with 1t. The painting al originally
called 1.-THE Kings Wedding"
q. What constitutes an educated
man? D. L. H.
A. VIM. H. Danforth selected the
following from 1.-The Marks Of an Ed
ucated Man." An educated man Gull
tivates the open mind; never laughs
at new ideas; knows the secret of
getting along with other people; cul-
tivates the habit of success; knows
as a mar thinketh, SO is he; knows
popular notions r always wrong;
always listens to the man who knows;
links himself with a great cause;
builds an ambition picture to fit his
abilities; keeps busy at his highest
natural level; knows it is never too
late to learn; never loses faith in the
man he might have been; achieves
the masteries that make him a world
citizen; and lives a great religious life.
@. What kind Of shorthand did
Samuel Pepys use? G. N. G.
A. The method employed by Pepys
Is called the Thomas Shelton Method.
@. Who proposed the creation of
the first executive departments and
the first amendments to the Con-
stitution? .. B.
A. Madison proposed the resolu-
tions for the creation of the first
three executive departments, and a
series of twelve amendments to the
Constitution out of which the first
ten were finally adopted.
q. Did the United States buy the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-09

Nancy Carroll, whose career as a
dramatic actress on the talking screen
began SO auspiciously with her por-
trayal Of Halle Hobart In 1.-THE
Devils Holiday" and whose career
was given an added impetus forward
by her splendid performance with
Fredric March in Laughter" IS again
cast in q first rate dramatic role, this
time the heroine OF Dana Burnet's
story, Stolen Heaven"
Stolen Haven" is a tense, well told
story Of q young girl (Nancy Carroll)
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Expert researchers, who can gel
you any information on any subject
are at your command, without
charge to you. A two-cent stamp vii
bring you a personal answer to any
inquiry Of fact you may make. Thou.
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understood, and address The Bis
marck Tribune, Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash
ington, D. G.
@. Why are cowboy songs otter
sung over the radio? r. w.
A. Cowboy songs are interesting
chiefly a. human documents, for the
light that they throw on the condition
Of frontier life, and for their reflection
Of the old time cattle baron and hi
crew. The whole cycle Of the cow
boys experience-its monotony, Its
fun, its heroes. its love affairs, its
dangers, and the epic of the long
drives overland from Texas 10 Mon
tana-is set forth in the songs made
and sung by the men themselves.
O.. When did the cherry trees in
Washington begin to bloom last year?
r. O.. L.
A. On the last day Of March, 1890,
the single blossoms were in bloom and
they lasted about ten days. The dou-
BILE blossoms usually come out about
two weeks after the single ones. The
dates depend upon wheather condi-
tons.
q. What Is the record size for a
pair Of elk antlers? N. w.
A. The largest pair Of elk antlers
recorded by the government was pur-
chased in Colorado Springs in 1897
for the Emperor Of Germany. Their
length Of beam was 67h inches and
there were twelve points. Seven or
eight points on antlers are not un-
usual.
G. How much water-power has been
developed In the United States? L.
II. p.
A. According to an official esti-
mate Of the Geological Survey, jan
uAry 81, 1890, 13,807, 778 horsepower
had been developed In water-powey
in the United States. The potential
water-power in the United States is
5000, 100000 horsepower.
g. Is It correct to stir coffe clock
wise or In the opposite direction?
w. p.
A. There Is no hard and fast rule
in regard to the way In which coffee
II Alfred. Whiehnuef NAV IN fhn
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the trend Of thought
by other editors. They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib-
uneis policies.
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@. Did the United States buy the
land through which the Panama
Canal runs? r. J. K.
A.. The Hay-B -Varilla Treaty
provides for the guaranty Of the in
tegrity Of Panama by the United
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-09

q. Is It correct to stir coffe clock.
wise or In the opposite direction:
w. p.
A. There Is no hard and fast rule
in regard to the way In which coffee
Is stirred. whichever way is the
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jealousy. etc. The very day that you
do this you will be surprised and de-
LIGHTED to see how we'll you feel eAa
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Answer. Qaest;ese,


more graceful Is the one to use. OF
course, needs to be careful about
stirring c~onspicuously.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02

a Morris chair and two pieces
of Mission furniture. 1t was
a hodge-podge OF generations,
all of them dusty. It had
strange odor, that room, dust.
decay, disinfectant, cabbage
boiling and genteel poverty
1t was incredibly depress.
ing.
Tony put his arms around
her.
"You are lovelier than ever"
he said softly.
There was no shock to her
senses in his nearness. Her
senses remembered dimly. But
love, which had glowed through
them, was gone. That she ex-
perienced no revulsion was
merely habit. Her senses might
remember but her heart did
not; nor yet her mind. She
drew herself away, gently.
please, Tony" she said.
Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1881, by Faith Baldwin
Distributed by
King Features Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-09-02

But every other lady and pet!; the small
stout girl with a turn-up nose was in the
train of an aristocrat Of dogdOm-a long
and spriny Russian borzoi. Her name was
probably Dot-and his was Boris. The
tweedye girl with the severe hair and the
cigarette and the dogskin gloves-she
strobe before bobbling poodle in sleeps
escorted clean-cut, gazelle-like toy hound.
The long thin girl, lengthy legs, willowy
arms, lily neck, with fly-away gait, led
that sober, contemplative, chunky phiIoso-
pher-the "ScOtty." And SO it went-all
contrariwise.
So people choose their marriage part
ners-if what I see l can believe. Not to
The Washington times., 1931-09-02

The man I stroll with, and read with,
and laugh with, and work with, and ],
amused ourselves making note of the
women we saw out walking with the pet
dog one warm twilight near the park,
when, lonely for little boy who was
luckily for himself perehed that moment
ON the side of Pixies Peak where the cool
winds "do blO-o-o.Ow," we were dining in
town. And never but once did we see a
girl or woman with the dog who would
harmonize with her style in line and color
ing. That once, an ancient black-elothed
lady went by with an ancient black terrier,
both low to the ground with the pressure
of years, both sOlemnly Elow and agedly
thoughtful.
They looked exactly alike. Whether
The Washington times., 1931-09-02

She had made a number Of
friends, she was inundated
with invitations to daytime
affairs, matinees. teas, lunch
cons, bridges. And she went
shopping often. She told Jennie,
therefore, having aScertained
that Mrs. CarstairS had an en-
gagement for the afternoon,
that she would like to go shop
ping. The man, she added,
could drive her to a central
shop and then, because the
day was pleasant she would
like to walk. She hadn't, she
added, laughing, and marvel
ing at her own aptitude for
acting, learned the Car habit
as yet.
She wore her simplest walk
ing suit. She wore little fur
piece, pretty but not particu-
larly expensive, which she had
bought herself. She. put the
remainder of Tony's money
into an envelope and placed it
in -4er handbag. She laid her
pearls aside, her diamond and
platinum watch. Not because
she feared for Tony'S honesty
in minor matters, but because
she had no idea of the Sec
ton into which she was 60
ing.
At the Bank
She stopped at the bank and
drew out enough money from
her current account to make
up the sum which Tony had
given her. Little had been
spRnt of it save for the air
plane passage. q. "a small sum to
the people who had cared for
her - since then mucn aug
mented by her check, sent at
Mrs. CarstairS' suggestions-and>
the sum she had left with the
doctor to take care of-Evelyn.
She had the car leave her
at a shop. She waited till the
man had driven away, she
then entered the shop, came
out and took a taxi and went
to the Brooklyn address. There
she dismissed the taxi and
stood a moment before the
quiet, rather shabby looking
brownstone house which adver-
tiSed rooms tn rent
The neighborhood had once
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= By FAITH BALDWIN
to
Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
An Authority on Problems Of Love
and Marriage.


and Marriage.
Not Such q Hopeless Case
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
There is a young man with
whom have been out four
times and who has treated me
wonderfully. He asked me for
a date on a certain day and 1
told him that I had an engage
ment. He then asked if he
could see me on Saturday of that
week, and I said, YES" but to
telephone me that day first. 1t
happened that on Saturday
evening our telephone receiver
was off the hook for a long
while by mistake. 1t has been
10 days since then and 1 have
not heard from him. He was
so wonderful to me that I can
not believe the end has come so
soon. What do you think?
S. F. 2ND.
I can see no improperly
whatever in your calling up or
writing to the young man with
whom wou have been out on
four occasions. You have per
fectly good excuse; you were
waiting to get a message from
him and only found out later
that the receiver was off the
hook,
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
Your Ruling
Star
By William Shwader
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Born
September 3

The coming year is under
rather contradictory aspects
and it will be within your
power to make the most Of the
benefic vibrations and\ lessen
the unfavorable ones. Be care
full with all new schemes and
propositions which might tend
to involve you into gambling
risk and guard yourself against
deception and trickery~ in con-
nection with those matters.
Endeavor to remain cheerful
and optimistic and don't fret
about small disappointments
and delays. Take care of your
health from october 10 to IA,
January z to II, February 20 to
March Q, April 6 to 10. Avoid
uuarrels, accidents, etc, from
october IA to 16, November 10
to IA, January 9 to IA, April
8 to 13, March 5 to 10. Favor
able dates from September 3
to 6, December 7 to IL, and
81 to January 2.
A CHILD born today will be
reliable, practical and deter
mined and his Virgo-qualities Of
precision and exactness should
be catered to. This will make
him particularly suitable for
any position where the above
qualities are essential.
The Washington times., 1931-09-02
Your Health
and Diet
By DIR. Logan Clendening

If you were to see the report
of the health commissioner Of
any large American city in the
year 1890, you would find that
in the list of contagious dis
eases diphtheria was about third
in the number of deaths it
caused. In 1900 it was about
twenty-second.
What was the cause Of this
enormous drop? Only one thing.
The introduction of diphtheria
antitoXin in 1891.
Put into actual figures for
the city of New York, the num-
ber of deaths yearly from diph-
liberia per 100000 population
were:
From 1890-1894. =. 100
From 1900-1914.. -. 20
This figure remained about
stationary until 1920. There
were 1900 deaths from diph-
liberia in New York in that year.
In 1874 Inere were oUU.
Lauds TOxin-AntitOxin
Here is a second reduction
amounting to half the death
rate. To what was this enor-
NOUS improvement due? To
the introduction of toxin-anti-
toxin vaccination against diph-
liberia.
Note that the first great step
in improvement was caused by
an effective cure. This is used
only after the disease has at
tackled a patient. The second
reduction is due to a method
of preventing a person from
having the disease at ala far
more important and funda-
mental improvement.
The proofs that this method
works are so convincing that
the only thing that could pos
sibly keep parents from giving
their children the benefit Of
such a boon would be the fear
of danger of the incubation.
This fear can be most en-
phatically laid at rest. There
has never been any serious con-
sequence of the inoculation.
Urges Early incubation
The safe thing to do is to give
the diphtheria' preventative long
before the child is Of school
age. But certainly every child
should have the advantages Of
this great protection before 60
ing to school and being exposed
to the danger Of infection.
There are two preparations in
use. The first to be used was
called toxin-antitoxin. It is
given in three doses at weekly
intervals, The immunity thus
established begins in from five
to seven weeks and lasts for
years. For all we know to the
contrary it lasts for life.
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match; but like separate notes on the
Keyboard combined in sympathy, they often
(we're ignoring Reno) make complete har-
mony when made one.
Two very different people will clasp
hands in love, and some mysterious bond
is plated between them that makes them
laugh at the same things, like the same
things, be happy with the same things. Yet
they are tall-and short, blue-and brown,
Plump-and thin, speedy-and slow, intro
sPective-and simple.
Yet cheek by cheek they make a har-
mony in color, heart and spirit, in Loves
garden.
This pick of the girls with their pets is
only a humorous illustration of our leaning
toward things and people that do NOT
match, NELL BRINKLEY.
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CHAPTER XVIII

CEdAPIEF AN111
Fanchon stood in the pleas
ant, quiet apartment house
lobby and read the scrawled
note again; and again. Then
she crumpled it in her hand
and walked steadily toward the
elevator.
Tony had found her at last.
Tony had traced her to this
little haven of peace, and OF
security. Tony had traced back
to claim her.
How had he found out where
she was. -? under whose name
she was living her enchanted
and threatened existence?
Suddenly, now that he had
struck, now that she knew she
could no longer go on. she was
not afraid. She was cold,
chilled through, with some curl
Gus icy determination that as
yet she could not name. She
could face Tony, she could
fight him, she could ask his
terms, she could try to meet
them as long as they included
no return to love that no
longer existed.
Having known Jennie Car
stairs, having fallen in love
with Collin. having lived, by
day and night with the realiza-
ton of what Jennie's knowl-
edge of her deception would
mean to her, having laid sleep
less, tortured with the thought
of Collins love for her and hers
for him and its utter hopeless
ness, she was no longer afraid
of Tony.
With this in her heart she
went to the Brooklyn address
on the following afternoon.
Minor Deception
It was easy to provide herself
with means and an excuse for
this minor deception. The Car
stairs had several cars; and
two chauffeurs. Therefore a
car and a driver were always
at Fanchon's disposal. Collin
DIR We himself, as a rule, in a
Sleeky shining, long bodied
roadster. Fanchon, too, had her
own car and had learned to
drive it, in the country. It was
now laid up for the winter.
To go out was easy enough.
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Fashion Flashes

Preparedness is a virtue and
so one can combine this virtue
with smartness in the form Of
good-looking umbrella. And
the smartness becomes intenSi-
fled when the umbrella is
worn with matching bag. A
brown umbrella has a prystal
handle in the form of a birds
head with eyes of topaz while
the matching brown antelope
bag has a similar handle.