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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-18
EYE EXERCISE IS JUST EYE
WATER

A while ago a 74-year-old lad told
us here how he had kept his eyeSight
strong by means of regular eye exer-
cises or rather massage which he had
practiced for many years, with the
result that he now has perfect eye
sight and needs no glasses for work
or reading.
An optometrist-who is not neces-
sarily an optimist, you must under
stand-tells me the 74-year-old who
needs no glasses is not such an ex-
ceptional case; he probably has Sd
myopia chat, think, means a GER
tain degree of nearsightedness) or one
eye may be emmet1ppic-and there !
can't follow the optoNetrist any fur
ther. But he goes tn to say that
many persons with I'd or Sd Of myopia
go thru life without glasses and de-
clare their eyes are stronger than
their neighbors'. The optometrist
cites an acquaintance who at 10 Is
slightly myopic in one eye and hyper
opic far-sighted) in the other but
has never worn glasses, nor has he
had any eye massage, Bates or absent
treatments Tor his eyes. his 1U-year-
old gentleman thinks it is foolish fol
folks to wear glasses.
Well, the more I learn about 1t the
less know.
Optometrists, opticians, oculists and
their clients, customers or patients al
have their ideas and while they're tell.
ing you it seems quite plausible, but
no two of them agree about anything
That's what frazzles my nerves so.
The last three oculists I consulted
clearly had no definite opinion or ad.
vice to offer when I asked whether il
was better for me to wear lens fol
disant vision or to omit it as long a.
my distant vision is good without
glasses.
The last two optometrists I have
consulted about the same thing wer,
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nervous exhaustion means. I have
been trying for years to build up a
shattered nervous system :. (M. F)
Answer-It means there's no such
thing. Nerves neither produce nor ex-
pend energy. They serve merely to
carry impulses, messages. Does it ex-
haust the wires to carry the impulse
when you ring the doorbell? My mo-
tive was to persuade misguided vic
TINS like yourself to cut the futile
quest for building up" and consult
physician who will endeavor to find
out what ails you. But for your
healths sake leave your shattered
nervous system" out of the interview.
That's sheer hokum, and only quack
takes it seriously.
Joy Water
I think you made bad blunder at a
time when there is SO much depres-
sion, by declaring that alcohol is
another depressant. A few good
drinks make man feel like a mil
lionare and he ceases to worry about
depression -. q. B. j.
Answer-Or a few good shots of
coke will bring back his heaven when
he is SOLDERING up after the few drinks.
Or a few taps on his head with a
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pediency. People say that business
cannot be done without money; that
the idea Of basing credit on gold be-
comes fable when everyone con-
trolling credit gets cold feet; that it
would be better to pay off existing
debts, even with dollars worth only
so cents, than to never pay them at
all or have them continue to exist
as sort Of business hangover.
Which side Of the argument a man
takes depends, generally speaking,
upon which side of the fence he finds
himself upon. If he is a creditor he
wants the gold standard. If he is a
debtor he would like to see the lines
weakened a little.
There is no question that adjust
ments should be made in the money
system Of the country, that there
must be some redistribution of wealth
and that confidence must be restor-
ed. Perhaps If confidence returned
to those controlling the nations Gre
dit facilities the need of adjustment
would not be so apparent.
Whether the adjustment should
come in the form Of monetization Of
some metal other than gold, in a
maintenance of the gold standard
but reduction in the gold reserves
required, or in some other manner
is question for earnest study.
Even those who are, by nature and
training, favorable to the gold STAN
dard, realize that the present system
is out of killer and must be correct
ed if it is to continue unimpaired. A
sane attitude would seem to call for
fair analysis of the entire Situa-
ton in its relation to other factors.
If the gold standard is not as service
able as it should be, it should be
modified. If some other standard
would serve better it should be
adopted.
One of the intangible benefits of
these times is that everything is open
to question. If a thing has sufficient
merit it will prevail. If it is unsound
or Anticipated, it will fall before the
onslaught of new ideas.
Any money standard should be the
servant, not the master, of the ma
tons business.
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The Price of Submarines

Loss of the French submarine Pro-
methee, with So men aboard, empha-
sizes once more the tricky, dangerous
nature of all undersea craft. Not q
year passes without a tragic subma-
rine accident in some navy or other
Cruising on such craft is a risky &C.
cupation even in peace time.
The worst of it is that in the pres
ent state of naval strategy and tao
tics, the submarine seems to be an
essential part of a fleet. The re-
sponsible naval authorities who urge
its abandonment are relatively few
No nation will give up its submersi-
bles unless all other nations do, and
the chances for getting international
agreement on a o-submarine treaty
seem exceedingly slim.
The submarine has a black record
in peace as in war. If international
agreement to abolish it cannot be
had, let us hope that some genius will
invent a new ship, or a new protec-
tive device, that will make it obso-
lete. The price OF maintaining it is
terribly high.
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| has Just come back from the laundry
with all the buttons still on.
A woman writer says the way
to reform Maynard husband II
to keep him amused. However.
many American women have
found the shotgun surer remedy.
The first thing the Lausanne eors.
ference did was to decide to postpone
for six months telling us we won't
get the war debt.
X \ X
Six Soviet officials are to be shot
for grating. Evidently the Russians
don't believe In officials learning by
their own mistakes.
X X X
The man who said there is much to
be said on both sides of any question
forgot to add that too much generally
is said.
Huey Long says he is sorry he ever
went to the United States senate.
Which makes it just about unani-
nous.
An Ohio lawyer has found that
there is no law forbidding birds to
sing early in the morning. How did
the lawmakers ever overlook that
one?
Copyright, 1892, NEA Service, 1nc)
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Rectors. Often she would demand
three or four helpings. Her appetite
for the dish started an entire clan
of campers, including Stephen Crane
Oscar Hammerstein, Paul Armstrong
Tad, Lillian Russell and Fred Stone
X X X
PIE FOR BREAKFAST
Here are few of the food hob
bies of folk you have heard about:
Owen Davis likes pie for breakfast.
Has been known to eat two pieces.
Arthur Hammerstein kept a kit
chen in his office for many years.
So did Roxy. Roxy had a chef, but
Hammerstein liked to prepare his own
dishes. One Of the Broadway delica-
tessan menus carried William Fox's
endorsement Of certain sausage that
did not sound any too kosher. The
late David Belasco went for French
pastry in a large way. George Jessel
insists on rich ice cream for dessert
spumoni or French ice cream. Pre-
fers chocolate flavor.
Sam Harris can pick good vegetable
soup as well as music show hits, and
Ben Bernie looks up spots that have
pot roast to his taste. Joe Frisco
munches candy when out In public.
Usually it's old fashiend rock candy
and he won't tell where he gets 1t.
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ALLIED DRIVE BEGINS

On July 10, 1918, French and Amer
lean troops launched a terrific coun-
ter-attack against the onrushing
German forces on a front of nearly
80 miles. Their gain was as much as
six miles.
The attack, made without artillery
preparation, took the Germans COM
pletely by surprise and they were
thrown back in considerable confu-
sion. Several villages and thousands
of prisoners were taken in the days
fighting.
It marked the beginning of the first
major Allied offensive in more thar
year.
American army officers estimated
German casualties for the day at more
than 10000, of which 5000 were pris-
OnerS.
British troops in Picardy also re-
sumed the offensive, advancing more
than a mile in much smaller oper-
alton.
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Should Study City Budget

Budgets prepared or in the course
of preparation by the county, city
and school boards are Of major i'm
portance to the citizens of Burleigh
county and Bismarck and should be
studied carefully by the taxpayers
who, under the law, have very def
mite right of protest.
The Tribune, in Fridays issue,
gave the figures of the city budget
which, on their face, indicate reduc-
ton. Just how radical cannot be
told until the figures are analysed.
It is unfortunate that the budget is
not arranged in more informative
shape. There should be listing of
salaries paid, item by item, in the
various departments, and the actual
reductions noted for the information
Of taxpayers.
Until the citizens Of Bismarck know
specifically what is going out in sal
airy and other items of operation for
each specific department, any INTEL
ligent hearing later this month
will be impossible. Jumping Of re-
auctions may mean whole lot and
then again may mean nothing.
There are certain frills of govern
ment which are fine to have when
economic conditions justify. In
times such as these it is not a ques-
ton Of what we want but what can
we afford. In the administration of
city affairs the same principle OBJ
tains, but until there is more detail
given concerning departmental SAL
aries and expenses, it will be hard for
the citizens of Bismarck to approve
or disapprove of what has been done.
Publicity of the county and school
budgets is to be given. so that tax
payers of the county will have the
whole picture. People are more tax
conscious now than ever before and
what they want is the facts. They
will not be satisfied with glittering
eeneralities. Specific items, not lump
sums, are alone Informative.
Until such a Qualification of the
city budget has been made, it will
be impossible to know how deeply
the pruning knife has gone or how
responsive the city fathers have been
to the real and urgent necessity for
tax reduction.
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Smith A Democrat
New York Times

Ex-Governor Smith has done the
expected thing in announcing his in
tention to support the Democratic
party and platform, but it cannot be
said that he has done it in the eX-
pected terms. If he were to make
any statement at all, people looked
TO him to do it in mood of large
generosity. They could not have
counted upon the curious way in
which he explains that he has re-
sisted urgent appeals to form a third
party because he believes that such
course would be "impracticable" and
that therefore he is firmly resolved to
remain Democrat. He adds that he
entered the campaign for the Presi-
Dental nomination mainly in order to
secure the adoption by his party of
certain principles. Most of these, and
the one which he considers more i'm
portant than any other-repeal of the
| Eighteenth Amendment-are now en-
bodied in the Democratic platform,
which he can whole-heartedly defend
and support. The fact that he did
not once mention the name of Gov
ernor Roosevelt was, he assured the
reporters, absolutely without signifi-
canoe, for how, he Quizzically asked,
could he support the party without
supporting its candidate?
| It is simply an old difficulty
which Mr.. Smith was facing, like that
of so many men who have for political
reasons acquiesced In the nomination
Of candidates to whom they were bit
terly opposed. A classic instance was
the dilemma confronting Theodore
Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge in
1884, when their party ambitions CON-
PEELED them to advocate the election Of
James g. Blaine, whom both of them
considered dishonest man. The case
Is discussed, with new evidence, by Mr.
Claude M. Fuess. writing in The New
England Quarterly for July. From the
Lodge papers has been disinterred a
letter which he wrote to his wife, say
ing: Blaine I always knew to be a
rascal. have now learned that he is
an utterly heartleSs scamp as we'll.
Yet both Lodge and Roosevelt, with
their hopes fixed on a public career
by grace of the Republican party, &C.
tually campaigned for Blaine. Ger.
tainly no such disavowal Of past words
and activities confronted AIfrce
Smith after the Chicago convention
and the general verdict will be, We be.
lieve, that his statement was scarcely
In keeping with the frank and hearty
nature of the man his friends have
long taken him to be.
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Initiating the Currency

One Of the last acts Of congress
was to approve proposal to initiate
the currency by making a billion dol
lars worth Of bonds eligible as basis
for bank notes.
Under existing laws, each national
bank is permitted to issue notes for a
certain proportion of it's capital stock,
secured by federal bonds which are
deposited with the treasury. Thus
these notes have both the resources
of the bank and the bonds behind
them and pass as currency without
question.
The Glass amendment to the home
loan bank bill will increase the
amount of such money in circula-
ton by cool billion and, in view of
its authorship, it is surprising that
the idea should have been opposed
by the Democratic house. The party
which Bryan split over the gold stan.
dard in 1896 seems to have become
pretty definitely attached to the vel
low metal in the years since then.
Few subjects have commanded a.
much study as the money question
but there are few questions on which
the average man knows so little
Even those who claim to know q
great deal are not always sure Of
their facts.
The arguments against so-callet
initiation are many and potent, but
so are the arguments in its favor
Briefly stated, the gold standard ad.
herents contend that, once started
the printing presses might not bt
stopped. They want a certain ant
definite standard and it is available
under present circumstances. The!
say that to initiate the currency would
help no one and would create con
dition Of chaos which would be wors
than anything we have previousl.
known. For horrible examples the,
cite the recent cases of Germany
France, Italy and other nations
Before the currencies Of those coun.
tries were stabilized 1t required q bali
Of paper money to buy loaf of breas
and the value Of money was con
tinually uncertain.
Tho arguments against the COL
standard are largely those Of e.
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mallet will make him indifferent to all
worldly cares.
IIE
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YORK
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AFTER DARK
New York, July 18,-The Stygiar
caverns and crannics beneath the
Brooklyn Bridge approach seem spe'
cially designed to suggest melodra.
matte menace Particularly TOWARD
midnight, when hollow echoes grow
out of the arched blacknesS!
It was in such Manhattan settings
as this that the villains of Al Woods
and Lincoln Carter thrillers staged
their dirty work. Yet, like the Coney
Island shock-providers in which ten
shivers can be purchased for a dime
little actually happens. Well enough
to peer timidly into the black tunnel
ways and say: Fine place for muir
der!" Fact is, murders almost never
occur there.
Crime Whereabouts is of petty
nature. Some bum may rob his Sleep
ing fellow Of few pennies. A slip
of coke may be passed to drug ad-
dict.
Each night finds the corners and
hooks filled with hordes of homeless
men. Even in winter there Is shelter
here from the storm. Some of the
older and permanent panhandlers
have chalked addresses over their
stalls and battle for prior sleeping
rights. In daylight hours, ragamuffin
urchins use these same hide-aways
for their games
X X X
SHADOWS
Tucked away in the shadows is an
old-fashioned street Car terminal
musty with memories of other days
The Gathering clog of horses hoofs or
! cobble stones provides a forgotten ac-
compartment. And in the highway
above, Park Row looms-as faded az
it's own last years newspapers.
The tense activity of this deserted
newspaper hub is gone. Old men feee
pigeons in the city hall square. M
rushing scribe disturbs them. The
old World Building becomes reveree
relic, haunted by its dusty legends
Now and then some sentimental ole
scribbler revisits his alma mater ane
prowls through the corridors, hunting
some familiar face or scene.
| X x K
PASS YOUR PLATE
Gone too, those glamorous gather.
ingS of theater folk who set CASTRO
nomic styles. Few of the screen o.
stage figures of the moment are rec
ognized as gourmets. Many, o.
course, feel lucky to be dining at all
but even in flusller times the inevita.
BILE steak sandwich and chop-suey o.
the night clubs seemed sufficient.
Chefs once tossed the last ounce O.
art into some delicacy pleasing to thu
tastes of Bernhardt, a Lillian Rus.
sell, John Kendrick Bangs or ever
James j. COrbett.
Bernhard always had standing
order for canape of crab meat al
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assured her. "I've tried 1t before.
You don't need it. though. To tell
the truth I believe you're looking
thinner. Cherry!"
ooh. little maybe. I guess 1t
was the heat. Tell me about that
good-looking ship officer!"
Dixie shrugged her shoulders.
Nothing to TELL" she said. "By
this time he's dancing with some
other girl and holding her hand in
the moonlight. l never let myself
get serious over these summer play.
mates. No-when the vacations
over Dixie takes off her hat and
puts her heart back In storage. But
I want to hear the news around
here. What's been happening?"
Nothing. Everything's been
'. just as it always is"
DIXIE swung one foot idly. The
blue satin mule Topped away
from her heel. She did not look at
Cherry and her tone was casual as
she said, 'They tell me we have a
celebrity in town-Brenda Vail. the
magazine writer"
"Oh, I forgot-that Is news. Yes.
she's been here for several days.
But have you heard the latest,
Dixie? Really, it's wonderful! Miss
Vail has asked Dan to help her
write a play!
Really"
"Yes, Dan interviewed her the
day she came and she read story
he'd written. Right away she said
he had talent and that he should
be doing serious writing. Then she
asked him about his work and be
told her some of the cases he's
worked on. Criminal cases. you
know. Murders and kidnapping and
robberies. Right away Miss Val
said she'd had an idea for q play
for a long while but she'd never
had time to work up the material
It's a play about girl Of the I'm
derworld. Well. Dan told her
little about the gangsters he's
known and Miss Vail was so inter
ested she asked II he'd collaboratt
on the play. He's to furnish the
part about the gangsters and they'll
work 1t out together. Miss Vail II
sure they can get 1t produced be
cause she knows lot Of theatrica
people. Don't you think it's thrill
ing? It seems to be just the BIZ
chance Dams always wanted"
Wonderful" Dixie agreed. I
the other girl had been less preoc
cupied she might have noticed tina
Dixie's voice was slightly lacking II
enthusiasm. II heard little abou
It at the Office" she went on. 81
seems to be a great opportunity al
right. Have you met this Mis-
Vail?"
mo, but I'm going to Sunday
She's taken furnished apartment
at the Mayfair and we're invited t,
tea. Dan says she's awfully inter
esting. She's Travelled q lot ant
knows so many unusual people"
Especially men. I imagine"
"Why. Dixie - what do yo1
mean?"
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all
Only they say she's quite an eyefu
, and naturally such an attractiv
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Wallis words rushed on but Cherry
scarcely heard them. She was look.
ing at the gorgeous creature who
turned such melting glance on
Dan. Miss Vail wore costume un.
like anything Cherry had ever seen.
It was made Of silvery green chit.
fon. There were long. very full
trousers and low cut bodice like
frock. About her waist Miss Vail
wore a broad. deep green satin sash
tied with long. fringed ends reach.
ing to the floor.
MISS VAIL turned her gray-green
eyes on the girl. "Tell me-"
she said smoothly. ARE you, too. in.
terested in literature?"
"Why. yes. I'm interested In
everything Dan is"
ITO be sure. But individually!
I mean do you write. Mrs. PhillipsI
Poetry. perhaps?"
"Oh, no." Dan said easily.
Cherry doesn't try to write. She
has all she can do keeping house."
II see." Miss Wallis tone had the
gentleness Of cat about to pounce
on its prey. "A little bird in the
home nest. How sweet! But OF
course. Mrs. Phillips, you know
your husband has great talent. He
Will be a famous writer. Oh, yes!
He is my discovery and I am proud
OF him! This play we are writing
together is the most stimulating
work I have ever undertaken. But
here. l am talking and forgetting
my guests!"
She touched bell and the maid
appeared with the tea tray. There
were caviar sandwiches, dainty cir.
cles of toast and marmalade. NINA.
ture cakes.
Cream or lemon, Mrs. Phillips?"
Cherry said she preferred the tea
without either. Why did every.
thing Brenda Vail said or did have
the effect Of making Cherry feel
like a runaway school girl?
The hostess began to talk of lit,
erary affairs she had attended in
New York. Dan leaned forward
eagerly. Miss Vail mentioned men
and women Of whom Cherry had
never heard. Dan seemed to know
about them and asked questions.
They were famous persons, no
doubt Miss Vail mentioned an
outstanding publisher, a literary
critic and an actor. calling each BY
their first names.
Cherry moved uncomfortably.
She said after time, "It's getting
late. Dan. Don't you think We
should go?"
They arose to take their leave.
Brenda Vail held Cherry's hand IN
hers and smiled beguilingly. TITS
been such a pleasure to have you
here" she said. "You must come
OFTEN. l know we're going to be
great friends!"
Cherry's "Thank you. I'VE en-.
1oyed 1t" came rather stiffy.
Outside on the street Dan turned
to her. Don't you think Brenda's
marvelous" he asked eagerly.
The girls heart was like lead.
"She's-very nice." Cherry an.
swered slowly. Are You going to
see her tomorrow"
Ito Be Continued)
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Close Your Mouth

I sleep with my mouth open. Is this
unhealthy? How can I stop it? G..
E. b.
Answer-It is not healthful habit.
We should breathe thru the mouth
only during extraordinary exertion or
when swimming. Try to sleep in lat
eral semi-prone position, not on your
back, and with no pillow or only a
thin one under your head. If there is
any obstruction of one or both sides
Of the nose, have it treated by the
physician.
1t Means There's No Such Thing
Kindly inform me what your state
ment that there is no such thing as
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Barbs

Some people just cant be satisfied
There's the case of that fellow up in
Michigan who bought marriage lie
ense year ago, didn't use it, and now
wants his dollar back.
Psychiatrists in Philadelphia
were puzzled because man under
examination fell asleep after kiss
ing girl. We'd suggest that they
try another girl.
The best way to prove to an unbe-
lever that miracles do happen is to
show him your summer suit which