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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-05
Magic Can't Take
Warts Off, But
Doctor Will!
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association

Sir Norman Walker, a great Brit
ish physician, said that, "the ways
Of warts are mysterious" Everyone
knows that groups of warts some
times vanish following various mag
ical methods and that they appear
as mysteriously as they disappear.
This fact caused DR.. Karl Zwick to
investigate some of the mysterious
methods by which warts are ''caused
to disappear" in order to find out
whether there was any actual virtue
in any of these methods.
One method involves applying the
cut surface Of an apple to the wart
at the time when the moon IS wan
ing and then burying the apple. An
other method suggests that the wart
be rubbed with a piece of green, un-
cooked pork until the skin around
the wart becomes red and then bury
ing the pork. tAnother method in
wolves tying a thread about the wart
until the thread cuts into the wart
then burying the thread.
In this country several Indian
methods involve massaging the wart
vigorously during lightning, making
plea to the new moon, applying the
blood of a hedgehog, and invoking
special gods who are supposed to be
associated with warts.
OF course, these magic cures" are
ridiculous.
DR.. ZWick believes that the spon-
taneous disappearance of the warts
must be due to some chemical change
in the body which makes the body
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Barbs

That Hollywood scenario writer
who is reported to be working on
four plots at once could save him
self lot of trouble by making three
carbonS of the first one.
The consumption of beer in Eng
land has declined so far they're con-
sidering passing prohibition act to
bring return to normally.
Asman in Poland claims he can
change sand into gold. If many more
countries go off the gold standard
they'll be working to make it the
other way around.
X X X
Most women don't go by the new
est fashions, an exchange says. They
go buy them!
x X X
A coin dug up in Italy has been
puzzling the experts. They can't de-
eide which is heads or tails.
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Using Familiar Tools
New York Tines

One of the best things about the
change suddenly wrought in the tenn
per of the House of Representatives is
that 1t was. due to the use of old
fashioned American means. During
the gloomy interval of uncertainty,
there was more or less talk of a re-
sort to high-handed methods. It
was said that there were rumblingS
among the people in favor of a rev.
olution, or trial of Fascism in the
United States, or some kind of dicta-
torship, or recourse to extralegal de-
vices. How any Of these plans could
be attempted nobody seemed to know,
yet nearly everybody appeared to feel
that somtling desperate would have
to be done. But what, in the end.
was done was clearly nothing but a
familiar assertion of leadership, along
with appeals to party responsibility
and patriotic spirit. Merely by en-
ploying such honlely instruments
Speaker Garner was able yesterday to
carry almost the entire House with
him, and to obtain a non-partisan
pledge that the Federal budget would
Nc HetAd11SCAs Az 4lldGVNA W1AdU ~ 4lAl6lAl
cost in the way of sacrifices, the sur
render Of personal opinions, or the
modification or abandonment Of po-
sitions taken before by the political
parties.
The details in the form Of added
taxes and more stringent economies
are yet to be worked out. But the
central doctrine Of q balanced budget
has been heartily accepted. This is
q great gain. It cannot fail to give
reinsurance to doubters about our fu-
ture, whether at home or abroad. If
any supposed that Congress or the
Administration would allow the ma
tional credit to slip downhill, OF
adopt permanent policy Of trying to
cover up deficits by borrowing money
such expectations or fears are now
dispelled. Congress, with the un-
doubted backing of the American
people, has made up its mind that II
must toe the mark. The time has
come for us to scrape and save al
we can in public expenditures, and
then to pay in taxes whatever may be
necessary to square the Government
income with its outgo. The process is
disagreeable, even painful. But it is
one of the leftover consequences Of
our national folly and extravagance'
during flush times. and there is moth
ing to do but face it.
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Lepislating Via Ballot

A hodge-podge of measures viii
find their way to the June primary
~ election ballot. Most of them. in fact
hs all of them, are without much merit
None of them can accomplish much
argood and their adoption may do SER
.HGiouS damage In times of economic
az stress there Is a tendency to hit at
wlsomething or somebody in wild ges-
reture of protest. That is only human
nature but the cures advanced are
y often worse than the ills they seek
Tito ameliorate.
OF It is the intention of The Tribune
u in series Of articles in the near flu
-, ture to explain each Of the several
p proposed initiated measures 1t Is
81 the intent of this newspaper to give
the arguments for and against their
adoption.
ri The voters must be enlightened at
WI all costs. Citizens who have the well
~ fare of North Dakota at heart should
~ AAAOA Ill CAACAASCASCo UCAOAC ouPPoA SAAAS,
h, blindly some measures under the thin
guise of tax reduction. Their adoption
~ can easily bring about an increase of
-, governmental costs. 1t is so easy to
be a penny wise and a pound foolish.
Readers are invited to state their
opinions and convictions through our
Peoples Forum which is growing in
popularity with them. It is their COL
umn and the only restrictions are that
names must be signed to the letters
and the subject matter must be free
Il, from libel and personalities.
ia There is no use in trying to ham,
string our state and city governments
e. through false economy. There are SO
N many evident ways in which money
W can be saved in government and the
tr cost of public service reduced These
- measures fail to strike at the root OF
=, the evil.
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I intend to work without ceasing
until that greatest of all evils, un-
employment, has been eliminated
Eamonn de Valera, president, Irish
Free State.
Y X X
II we have an Andrew Jackson for
president of the United States some
time, we will collect those war debts.
Senator Duncan u Fletcher of Flor
ida.
X X X
There are, am ashamed to say. a
lot OF Americans who get asked to
lunch by countess, and Immediately
break into tears and want to cancel
the war debts.-Senator James Reed
of Pennsylvania.
X Y X
The science of taxation seems to be
to get the most feathers with the
least squawking from the geese.-Con-
gresham H. T. Rainey of Illinois.
x X X
The Treaty of Versailles was one
of the worst international settlements
ever made.-Walter Runciman, presi-
dent, London Board of Trade.
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131,254.OOO Bushels Short

| According to the Agricultural Ad-
visory Council, an organization with
headquarters at Des Moines, Iowa
formed to dish out Republican propa-
ganda to the long suffering middle
west, the short interest in wheat on
the Chicago market is about l3l ,254,-
600 bushels or about one-sixth of the
normal crop. OF the total amount,
So, 600, 900 bushels are short in the July
and September options, which means
that amount of the next crop has
been sold before it has been grown
and harvested.
The advisory" council comments
that there never can be any stabil-
ity to the price of farm commodities
SO long as the Chicago Board of
Trade or any other open market is
permitted to sell unrestricted amounts
of wheat corn, rye or other farm
products
This may be true, but the average
citizen we'll may ask if it is as i'm
portant as many persons would have
us believe. A few years ago when
wheat was we'll above the dollar mark
the spectators on these markets had
the same privilege of selling short
that they have now. If the price
should go up in the near future those
who have sold short would be-
squeezed.
There can be no question but that
much of this short selling has been
done by gamblers, but the purchasing
was done by gamblers, too. The farm
ers may not like it to see their chief
markets the center of speculation in
the products which mean life and
death to them, but the question re-
mains as to what can be done about
1t. The alleged evil has existed for
many years and has long been recog-
nized but nothing definite has been
done. IT the fact of this short inter-
est is raised now for political pur-
poses it will have little effect, except
to drag political red herring across
the trail.
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| son of the motor magnate, has made
himself an important figure in artis-
| tic circles within the past year
He decided to 60 on his own, and
while in college became interested In
the publication Of rare and beautiful
books. -.
The other day, at tea Chrysler
gave for Ernest Lubitsch, film direc-
tor, hints were dropped that he might
soon be taking an interest in the art
department of finer films His
books are already valuable collectors
items and several of them won
prizes this year for binding and ex-
| pert Typography i. Just few
weeks ago. he introduced a young
Russian artist whose paintings are
something Of a sensation.
X X
From Village Correspondent
Edna st. Vincent Millay, poetess,
suddenly reappeared the other day
after hiding out" for many months
With her wealthy husband she
was aboard a romantic craft headed
for Majorca in the Mediterranean
;. Then it was revealed Miss Millay
had been living in one of the old
Greenwich Village picturesque spots
from which she generated :. Some
years back when Greenwich Village
was getting its Bohemian reputation,
Miss Millay, Max Eastman, Floyd
Dell, Cornelia Barnes, Ben de Case
res, Boardman Robinson and a great
many others were the 'voiceS of the
Village" They put that quarter
on the map -. When Miss Millay
returned to her old hauntS, only a
] few intimate friends were aware of
her whereabouts :. She had pri-
vate phone and her address was not
easy to find. =.
X x X
Birth Notice
That Gloria Swanson child SIo,11d
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darker. Snow began to fall invis-
IDLY in the darkness.
Suddenly Ellen sprang up and
ran downstairs to the telephone.
Frantic with restlessness, tapping
ono foot impatiently as she waited,
she called Symes' Office. His secre.
tary told her she thought Mr..
Symes had gone for the day. Ellen
left a message on the chance he
might return, a message the lawyer
could not fail to understand. Then
she went upstairs again.
CHE was still alone when eight
~ o'clock arrived, and with it,
prompt to the minute, came Fergus.
; Seeing him. small, ugly man in
neat blue serge, shook Ellen's cour.
age. The composure Of her greet.
ing hid trembling terror. The man
carried two strapped bags. He did
not leave her long in doubt as to
his mission.
II got to get out Of town." he
stated BADLY, "and I'm stony. I
thought maybe you'd lend me 500
or So"
"Just what made you think l
would do that?" she asked sharply.
Il can't stand around all day
talking about ifs and ands," Fergus
answered roughly. II need money
and you've got to lend it to me-"
Ellen heard the loud ticking of
the clock and the drip of kitchen
faucet. She heard the hoarse sound
OF Fergus breathing. A way out!
Oh, there must be some way out!
II guess I know my rights" said
Fergus abruptly.
Your rights to what?"
Look here" the butler resumed
plaintively, "You don't get me at
all. / don't want to tell Mr.. Har-
rowgate where you were the night
his uncle died. Going to a girls
sweetheart with story like that is
the last thing I'd want to do"
Don't bother TO lie," Ellen said
contemptuously. You'd want to 90
anywhere you could get money.
You've been to Larry already.
you've written to him and taken
money from him anonymously. You
haven't even the courage to sneak
up openly"
Never mind about that" Fergus
responded sullenly. That's done.
The moneys gone. I wish to God
l had 1t now but I haven't. I've
got to blow town. tell you. Some
Things come up SO I've got to clear
out. You stake me to a railroad
ticket and you're through with me-
You'll never see me again. never
near from me again. Neither will
Larry" "-
You'll get no money from m.
now or ever" Ellen declared
Maybe If T went to Mr.. Harrow.
gate he wouldn't feel that wav,n
Ellen turned away. She clenched
her two hands and felt the hard.
ness OF the engagement ring. This
was the end, she thought. the end
OF everything. She knew that II
Fergus carried out his threat and
went to Larry she could not lie
10 evade the truth was dificnlt
enough. To look into Larry's gray
eyes and tell him an untruth was
impossible.
| Ito Be Continued)
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In
I(IsIII'l
YORK
What's in a Name?
|!!,!!I Gill:

What's in a Name?
New York, April 5.-From a ring
side seat at the big town show
Well, New York's laugh the week
is On that weekly that goes in for
gossip and "low-down' information
\. j. According to this medium, How
ard Hughes, the millionaire kid film
producer, is going Ito marry Eliza
beth Marbury, the New York debu-
tante' In order to understand
how funny that is, you have to know
that Elizabeth Marbury is one of the
more famous old-timers of New
York society; has maintained eel
ebrated salons abroad and at home
for more years than Hughes can
claim as lifetime, and is at least
twice his age, if not more Nor
has she any intention of quitting
spinsterhood.
y x X
Hughes Whose in America,
If you, by chance, happen to be
interested in the immediate romance
of the boyish Hollywood magnate
he's been down cruising off Florida
+. And one Of the guests on the
trip has been Elizabeth Marston, who
is lovely young debutante 4. This
romantic voyage to tropical waters is
expected to end in an engagement
Or wedding After all, the names
Marston and Marbury do sound some
thing alike. +. =.
In film fan circles, this would seem
to sound the knell of that feverish
recent courtship of the charming
screen star, Billie Dove Billie
was showered with gifts by the
wealthy M. Hughes, was pursued to
Europe when she went on a vacation
and then, suddenly, something hap
pened and Hughes was off the Flor
ida coast in his luxurious yacht en-
PERTAINING a party of Blue Book folk
X X X
Hoover Receives a Dove
Billie Dove, however, has been do.
ing very we'll since she arrived for 8
personal appearance visit and vaca-
ton +. She managed to get to visit
President Hoover while in Washing
ton which isn't so bad for ar
eX-Follies charmer!
Speaking of rich young men, re.
minds me that Walter Chrysler, Jr.
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presence at the front Of strong Brit

presence at the front Of strong Brit
ish reserves.
Meanwhile, French troops on the
other side of the salient attacked
and succeeded in improving their po-
sitio1s near Cantigny. They report
ed the front heavily held by crack
German divisions.
American troops in the Lorraine
sector were engaged in increasing
trench activity.
French and British estimates of
German losses in the March offenS-
i've ran as high as 100000. Military
experts believed that the crisis
caused by the temporary collapse OF
the British Fifth Army was over
They were rapidly making plans to
stop a second major offensive, ex-
pected within few weeks against
the French troops.
German bulletins claimed that
nearly 100000 prisoners had been
taken in their great March drive, and
German newspapers said the British
army was beaten.
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, Larry said sharply. 1T was all
could do to keep from passing out
myself"
"I'm all right now" Ellen an.
nounced shakily. sitting up and
smoothing her disordered hair.
I'm sorry to have been such a lot
Of trouble"
mo trouble at ALL" Mrs. Harrow.
gate assured her politely. Il can't
tell You how sorry am though
that it had to happen"
But Ellen felt confident that her
| concern was affected. She looked
from Mrs. Harrowgate to Larry
There was nothing artificial in his
anxiety. How she loved him! How
impossibly cruel that something
which had happened long ago
might make him cease to love her
II she had only told him everything
that day in the studio
For a moment she chung to the
wild hope that Fergus had not
recognized her. But she knew there
had been recognition in those cold
eyes. What did he mean to do?
Even as she was wondering the but.
Ter entered the room. He carried
pair Of gloves.
Il believe these are yours, miss"
he said, advancing toward her.
ELLEN'S heart beat violently.
II She tried to brace herself for
anything the man might say or do.
She stared at him with growing
panic and tried to read his face
There was nothing there to read
except servile impersonality. Larry
reached to take the gloves but Fer.
gus, quicker. dropped them in
Ellen's lap, turned and left the
room, his back stiff and inscrutable
as his eyes had been.
Ellen drew a long trembling
breath.
"You don't care much for Fer.
gus, do you" Larry observed. 81
don't myself. He's so quiet he
gives me the jimmies."
Hes capable servant" Mrs
Harrowgate commented. "Steven
liked him. Are you sure you feel
all right now?" she continued. ad
dressing Ellen.
The girl nodded. II think I'd
better go home now." she said.
She and Larry departed. Ellen
clinging to his arm and assuring
Mrs. Harrowgate that her faintness
had disappeared as suddenly as II
had come. They were waiting. FOL
the elevator before Larry had his
chance to speak.
II asked you before" he said hest
family. "What did you mean wher
you said so he didn't tell your"
Ellen was resting q little against
Larry's arm. Her eyes were RAISED
to his. She was exquisitely con
scious Of everything about her. o.
the green walls, Of the shining
brass door of the elevator and tn.
soft, luxurious carpet.
II didn't mean-anything," sh'
whispered.
Silently they went through thu
entrance way to the street that wa.
a crystal canyon Of ice and snow
| Ellen's gloves were crumpled in he
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| hands. Nervously she began to
draw them on and felt in the left
glove the crackle Of paper. She re.
membered with throb of fear how
Fergus had avoided Larry's grasp
to drop the gloves in her lap. Sew.
eral times as they rode toward the
apartment she stole glances at him,
thinking he looked pale and tired
and wondering what was in that
left glove held so tightly in her
palm.
There was no opportunity to find
out until after Larry had left her.
The instant the door closed behind
him she turned the glove inside
out. A bit of paper fell into her
hand.
Written upon it were the follow.
ing words:
I'll see you at your home at
eight o'clock. Be there"
The girl dropped the message to
the floor, stopped, picked it up and
crumpled it into a savage ball
which she hurled into the waste.
basket. Without troubling to re.
move her coat. still adorned with
Larry's violets, she began to walk
up and down the living room. The
place was bleakly cold and the
Whole apartment filled with brood.
ing quiet. When Ellen snapped on
the lights she saw Molly had left a
note for her on the library table.
Molly and Myra had gone to the
movies.
If Bert comes for Myra ask him
to watt" Molly had written.
ELLEN crossed to the bedroom,
- looked inside and observed that
Mike was sound asleep. his arms
flung youthfully over his head. She
entered to adjust the window and
shut out the freezing air. She
pulled the tumbled bedcovers back
into place, half-hoping that her
young brother would waken. but
Mike only stirred restlessly. She
brushed. his hair back from his
forehead and thought that he
looked rosy and we'll again. Soon
he would be able to get about with.
out the clutches. A hot, wet tear
dropped on the cheek Of the sleep.
ing boy. but he did not waken.
| Ellen returned to the Twins
room, lighted the gas in the CRATE
and lay down on the divan to stare
at the ceiling.
| Suddenly it was September again
Steven lay dead in a curtained bed
room Of the lavish Long island
house. Ellen saw herself in tina,
hateful sitting room watching Fer
gus pack her travelling Casa pale
shamed girl. mad with grief and
humiliation, who wanted to escape
to run away from an impossible
situation. She saw now that sh.
had allowed her own lack of cour
age to persuade her that part Of
; her life could be hidden as IL /,
had never existed. She had beer
wrong about that. That part O.
} her life was as real as any othel
part. It lived in her own memor,
and in the memory of a loathsome
suspicious man who was coming t,
remind her Of it. He was comm,
to remind her that it might eos
her the most precious thing in life
I The sky outside grew darker an,
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fairies which we saw dancing on the
clouds of our rosy dreams when we
were only ten. When we have lost the
ability to people our world with those
fantasies which exist in never-never
land, we can turn to the comic strips.
They are ever youthful and, frequent
ly enough, they recapture that van
ished spirit for us.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

ELLEN ROSSITER, beautiful
2O-yenr-oId. loves LARRY HAIR
ROWGATE. young artist. When
he becomes engaged to another
girl Ellen agrees to marry
STEVEN BARCLAY, 81 years old
and wealthy. Her impoverished
family IL indebted to Barclay. who
has been married before. Scandal
accompanied his Mexican divorce
from LEDA GRAYSON, dancer. To
avoid talk Ellen and Barclay are
secretly married.
They drive to his Long Island
home, deserted except for FER
GUS, the butler. There Barclay
suffers n heart attack. LOUIS
SYMES. Barclays lawyer, arrives
with doctors and nurses. Barclay
dies Mt dawn.
Symes tells Ellen her marriage
II not legal because papers prov.
ing Barclays divorce have been
stolen. Ellen yields all claim to
Barclays fortune to avoid scan-
dial. She believes she must keep
her marriage secret to protect
Barclays honor and her own.
She learns Larry Harfowgate -
Barclays nephew. HcartbrOken,
she returns home. Larry seeks
her out, tells her that his engage
ment Is broken and asks her to
marry him. Ellen lacks courage
to tell him OF her marriage to his
uncle. She goes with Larry to
meet his mother. A butler ap-
pears. 1t Is Fergus.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XLVI
TOR an instant Ellen thought shs
must faint. A feeling Of nau
sea swept over her and her arms
dropped to her sides. She fell bach
weakly, helplessly.
Larry was at her side, his arm.
around her.
"Water! Bring water" he callet
frantically.
Fergus brought a tumbler ant
the distracted Larry bathed thu
girls. pale face. He held the watel
to her lips. Still bewildered. still
in q world of half.consciousness
horribly frightened and sick. Ellel
drank it. Larry halfcarried her t
an adjoining bedroom. settled he,
on a frilled chaise Tongue.
She knew that he was beside her
that his hand held her hand, tina
he was tanning her. But Ellel
could only lie still, her eyes closed
her breath rising and falling un
evenly for a long time.
"He didn't tell you" she .whis
pered after a while, without open
ing her eyes.
"Who told me? What?"
Ellen looked up then and say
that Larry was kneeling on tn
floor beside her. Mrs. Harrowgat
was there, too.
What came over you?" the olde
woman inquired curiously.
ut must have been the heat,
Ellen managed to say.
That room is a roaring furnace,
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Over in Germany and down In
Mexico they still take their elections
seriously enough to do a little shoot
ing. Americans never did 60 in much
for lethal weapons in settling disputes
but it would not be surprising to see
the quaint old custom of engaging in
fisticuffs revived during the coming
campaigns. We are seeing a revival
of interest in politics and maybe this
quaint old practice will come back
also.