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Wealth UnderfOOt

Sponsors of the Lehigh Briquettine
company, pioneering a new business
are enthusiastic about the possibili-
ties of by-products from our native
coal.
From the oil which the briquetting
process produces, we are told, a super
fine gasoline with a very high anti
knock rating can be developed through
cracking" process.
The creosote is used to preserve
wood, such as railway ties, telephone
poles and shingles, and hundreds OF
thousands Of gallons of this product
have been sold commercially.
The most recent development is that
Of molding resin similar to the pro-
cuct sold under the trade. name OF
bakelite. It has practically unlimited
application to thousand different
industries. For bearings in machinery
it is said to outwear bronze and is
cheaper to use, needing only water
fabrication. Billiard balls produced
from it are claimed to be better than
those made Of ivory. Fine furniture,
window frames, wainscoting, doors,
telephone and radio parts, salve, soap,
varnish, enamel, lacquer and cement
all have been made with it as a base.
Truly the once despised Ignite mines
Of North Dakota may prove to hold
riches undreamed of,
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It looks like I talked myself out Of
. job, but it was worth it. I'd give up
two cheirmanships to beat Hoover
Senator George w. Norris of Nebras-
Ia, chairman Senate judiciary COM
nittee.
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No decent American thinks of the
Englishman as a person who doesn't
want to pay what he owes and no
decent Englshman thinks Of an Am
erican as q person who wants to get
something from somebody to which
he has no right.-John Drinkwater,
English poet and dramatist.
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do not share the popular philoso-
ply that society Is responsible for the
criminal. The individual Is response
BILE for his own acts.-Federal Judge
Paul Jones, Cleveland, o.
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Without regulation Of machines.
America viii turn into a land of in
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THE CEREBRAL ANEMIA THEORY
OF SLEEP

OF the numerous theroies that have
been offered to explain the phenome-
non of natural sleep the brain ane-
mia is perhaps most widely accepted.
In animals or in man with a glass
window in the skull a diminished
flow of blood in the brain has been
observed, during sleep. Blood pres
sure falls by from 20 to so millime-
tiers mercury during sleep. The vol
ume of the brain dilninishes during
sleep, while the volume Of the arm or
leg increases. Shortly before waking,
the arm and leg decreases in size
and the brain increaseSblood re-
turning from the surface or the gen.
eral circulation to the brain.
Everybody knows how relaxation
and warmth favor drowsiness or
sleep.
The blood flow thru the brain is
not regulated by vasomotor nerves
as is the blood flow thruout the body
but only mechanically or indirectly
by the circulation in the rest of the
body. Especially important in the
regulation of the brain circulation is
the circulation in the great splanch-
mic area, the network of vessels In
the abdomen. These vessels are con-
trolled by vasomotor nerves. Hill, the
English psychologist, believes the
splanchnic circulation is the impor-
tant factor in determining sleep
Howell. the American psychologist
believes the surface circulation, the
skin circulation, is the chief factor.
1t seems reasonable to ascribe the
drowSineSS that follows a very hearty
meal to increased flow of blood in
the great splanchnic area and con-
sequent decreased flow in the brain
1t Is equally reasonable to ascribe
the natural drowsiness at the end Of
hard day to the increased flow OF
blood in the skin vessels and conse.
quent decreased supply to the brain.
Opposing the theory of brair
anemia (anemia means insufficient
blood) Is the observation OF Shepard
Michigan psychologist, made upor
WV AA4OAV10udAo Will OClCCtS III LIN
skull. that the volume OF the brair
increased during sleep. On these ant
further scientific investigations
Shepard based his conclusion tina
during sleep there is actually an in.
creased supply Of blood to the brain
and that the brain receives its great
est blood supply during periods o
inactivity or least activity. This con
cluSion does not agree with what w
know OF other organs.
We must bear in mind that th'
phenomenon Of natural sleep remain
mystery, and that no one has fount
an entirely satisfactory explanation
for it.
Nor q substitute.
Nor way Of catching up on los
sleep.
Nor q safe plan for getting alont
on diminished sleep rations. An 80
year-old mans sleeping habits are al
right for 80-year-old people of SINH
lar status, but they are not suitet
to the needs Of younger people VIII,
lead active lives.
In subsequent talks we shall indi.
cate the essential sleep rations To-
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Appendicitis

Is there anything to do for appen-
dicitis besides operating? I have Ben
Told certain kinds of mineral oil or
olive oil Miss L. K.)
Answer-1f you knew or could see
the conditions of appendicitis, or in
gallstones, you would understand
how absurd it is to imagine any such
oil can remedy the trouble. I know
Of nothing but operation for acute
appendicitis. II the trouble is not
acute, it may be one thing or an
other which can be remedied without
operation.
Lemon AlkAlizes
The first five years of my married
life had frequent bladder inflam-
nation. Then I discovered that if
I take the juice Of half q lemon in a
glass of water twice day have nc
trouble. have seen this give relief
to many others similarly troubled
(Mrs. A. j. W.
Answer-Lemon juice or lemonade
is an excellent remedy for reducing
excessive acidity in the urine. So is
orange or orange juice.
Beer
What should the effects be of 9
man with high blood pressure who
, drinks five to 10 bottles of home
made beer daily, with a weekly av-
erage Of about IS quarts? He also
consumes much strong coffee and
tea.-B. I. M
Answer-Higher and higher blood
| nrpSSllro till hoort ronoyopcotioy, ho
gins to fail, then lower and lower
pressure till the end.
! Copyright, John F. Dill Co..
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faces debt crisis. Roosevelt faces
farm aid clash. Roosevelt faces
split over beer. Roosevelt faces,
ETC., etc.. etc.
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Joseph Oklahombi, one Of Ameri-
cas- great war heroes, finds himself
jobless and applies for veterana
compensation for wounds. The fact
that he waited II years should rank
him as one Of Americas great peace
heroes.
The big population of the United
States has fallen three per cent Ia
the last year, says the department OF
agriculture. We hadn't noticed any
reduction in the number Of road hogs.
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Add to your list of What Has
Become Ors-"The Big Butter
and Egg Man"
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Practically no one has advanced
the idea that Jimmy Walker might
try collecting Frances war debt pay
ment while he sojourns on the Ri
viera.
Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
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birth and accidents Of all kinds, in

birth and accidents Of all kinds, in
cluding burns and drownings.
The greatest single advance was
made in the fight against tuberculosis,
despite DEFENDERS bad showing. As
compared with 1881 the drop was SO
per cent, the greatest year-to-year
decrease in a decade. At the pres
ent rate Of improvement. the experts
estimate, the tuberculosis death rate
may drop as low as 40 per 100000
by 1889, with regard to insured wage
earners, and may reach that figure
two or three years sooner taking the
population of the nation as whole.
Some explanation of the decreased
deaths from causes incident to child
birth is contained in the fact that
the birth rate Is falling and that few
er women have been exposed to the
hazards Of that condition.
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recitation by David Wark Griffith
referring to things that happened n
years ago and more, they've been
trying to figure out the exact age Of
Mary Pickford, and few others :.
And Bert Fitzgibbons - remember
when he was the vaudeville head
liner, "Daffydills" lis starting a
comeback And q visitor in from
Philadelphia reports that Frank Tin
ney, that other clown, bobS out of
hiding when old stage friends show
up. Tinney and Imogene Wilson,
the chlorine beauty with whom his
name was once linked in headlines,
both have taken many a hard rap
since those old days-Imogene, you
recall, became Mary Nolan, late of
the movies 49,.
On the other hand, that other
tragic clown, Fatty Arbuckle, is work.
ing over In Brooklyn, with his new
shorts clicking, and his next one al
most sure fire.
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OUTSMARTING POLICE
Try, some day, to outsmart a
Broadway taxi driver! Survival is
their middle name. and they work
at 1t.
At any rate, a recent traffic sur
vey indicated that empty, touring
taxis were clogging the Broadway
belt at theater time. The cops be-
gan to detour all such passengerless
cabs to make way for the busy
boys.
SO what? SO the taxi gents went
around Sixth Avenue and way streets
where the jobless hang out and took
on panhandlers and unemployed fell
lows as passengers. The cops couldn't |
stop the cabs to learn the identity of
so the drivers chiseled |
their way into the crowded zones, dis |
charged their free fares, and even
slipped q nickel or dime to the &C
commodating one.
Copyright. 1888, NEA Service, 1nc.) |
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Foreign Representatives
SMALL SPENCER, BREWER
uncorporatedD
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTOl
Not To Blame

Just how extensively machine de-
velopment is responsible for involun-
tary idleness was made the subject OF
u study recently by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and some independ-
ent business agencies and the results
are rather startling. They do not
bear out the ideas which many Of us
had in mind.
For example, the labor group figures
that 80 per cent OF those who were
employed in the building industry in
1880 are now unemployed. yet there
have been no major chronological ad-
vances in the industry since that time
and there have been relatively few
in recent years. The idleness OF that
30 per cent has not been caused by
encroachment OF machines upon hu-
man labor but by reduction in the
total amount Of work to be done.
The same thing holds true for en-
ployment In lumber mills and yards
end garage stations. Neither of these
has called on the technicians very
heavily Of late, yet they feel the stu
alton just as keenly as other lines
The extractiye industries and mis-
cellaneous" industries as classified by
the labor federation. show the same
result.
On the other hand in the textile in
dustry, In which advances in machines
and methods have been notable In the
last three years, the decline in en-
ployment during the two-year period
was only q per cent.
Yet, In the face Of this situation
there are those who would scrap the
machine and return to hand labor or
the theory that it is responsible fol
all of our troubles.
To be sure, new machines have wip-
ed out whole professions, as witness
the practical disappearance Of the
telegrapher following the introduction
Of the teletype, but they have created
others to do similar work in other
capacities or to help care for the new
business created by the development
What we need is better distribution
OF goods SO that people may fill their
needs-and more machines to aid
workers in producing them.
Return to hand labor, which has
been done in some cases, is q confess
sion Of defeat. It is not method OF
producing more jobs but of limiting
production SO that there will be fewer
things for the human race to enjoy.
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One Reason for Sick Business

-~0sS~~~e~
Among the major problems con-
fronting business, much emphasis has
been placed on high taxes and excess
sive funded debt. These are unques-
tionably adverse factors, but as be-
tween individual enterprises their ac-
tual importance varies so greatly that
generalized comment is not only USE
less but misleading. Even among
many Of the largest industrial cor
porations, carrying charges on funded
debt and taxes constitute elements of
operating cost relatively small in COM
parison with other factors, notably
payrolls and raw materials. This is
even more plainly true OF a vast num-
Der OF business enterprises Of small
or moderate size which In the aggre-
gate account for q decidedly substan-
ttal proportion Of the country's in
0ustrial activity. All business, Of
course, Is confronted by q reduced
public purchasing power. but the prob
lem Of operating cost for the average
manufactures centers chiefly In pay.
roll and raw materials. The first IL
subject to ready control and in gen.
eral has been debated to . level which
would Be easily supportable II other
cost elements were In line. Il Is not
inconceivable that when business III.
timately RECEIVERS It win be found that
tho correction Of commodity price
malad justments outranked III other
remedial forces. In relation to the
prevailing average price level, such
commodities - iron and steel, fuel,
paint, cement and such services q
electric power and railroad freig11t
are notably out Of line and TO this
extent swell the percentage OF oper-
ating costs TO degree which In many
enterprises spells the difference be.
tween profit and loss.
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The Value of Dreams

There was something appealing ir
the story which came out of Warm
Springs. Ga, Thursday about Presi-
Gent-elect Roosevelt sitting in front
Of his fire and telling reporters about
the new experiment which he hopes
to launch as part of his war on
poverty.
The details of the gigantic scheme
are not quite clear to the public. Per-
haps they are not yet sharply outlined
In Mr.. Roosevelt's own mind. The
project, 1t would seem, still is in the
dream stage.
But that need not cause alarm.
Nearly every great idea has its be-
ginning in dream. Who knows what
history owes to thoughtful musings
before an open fire, the delicious
wanderings of the mind which pre-
pare it for great inspiration?
we A1SCO AAOAC IIA01l AItdlIlS Ol
course, but he who would achieve
greatness must have the ability to
dream as we'll as the capacity to ac-
complish. Dreams provide the sparks
which set men aflame and make of
them creators and doors.
And so it may be just as well that
the President-elect. hard-pressed as
he is by the details which precede
his induction into office, can take
time out to sit by his fireside and let
his spirit formulate the ultimate aims
toward which his energies will be di-
rected. Happiness and contentment
for millions Of people; the opportun-
ity to live and love and grow old use
fully and amid pleasant surroundings.
What better dream could the man
have?
Somehow this picture OF Roosevelt
Is one which seems to reveal the in
ner character Of the man. It puts
him on the same level as the
rest Of us, for who is there that has
rot known the thrill of a fine idea.
splendidly conceived?
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IN2J NE|
ISLAND PALS
vii, sl]l!73! Swan

DESERT ISLAND PALS
New York, Feb. 3.-Notes on moth
ing in particular and everything in
general: Burton Rascoe was stump
ed the other day-well, perhaps not
exactly stumped-by question pro-
pounded by Robert Littell, the critic
F. . Littell asked what Titans of lit
crature Rascoe would take to that
well known desert island where we
all have been asked to take our ten
best books, movie heroes and stage
favorites ). Rascoe, having recently
written about these Titans, chose,
among others, Daniel Defoe, who had
some writing experience in desert
standing And, If recall, he
wanted Horace, also!
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THE NEW LEADER
| To continue in q bookish vein:
Keep an eye on Erskine Caldwell,
whose new opus. Goods Little Acre, !"
is just off the press The young
SET" whatever that Is, threatens to
drop Faulkner and Hemingway In his
favor Caldwell was an Atlanta
newspaper man, with a University OF
Virginia background At the mo-
ment he lives in Maine But his
home town, I believe, is Augusta, Ga
Which recalls that young Mr.
William Faulkner. having gone to the
Hollywood, is having no simple time
of it Nor are the producers, who
thought they could turn out Sane
tuary"-until they read 1t.
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IN COMEBACKS
Ho, hum! And Frisco, the slut
tering clown, has made the rounds
of the cycle and finds himself back
in the night clubs !. Gagging again
in the floor shows And in the
place where Jimmy Durante got his
start Queenie Smith, who be-
came Mrs. Robert Garland-Bob is
the World Telegram theater critic
now sings at the Ell Patio, where Ra.
mon and Rosita hold forth I, And
ever since certain recent Hollywood
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That Flu Endemic

Now that the recent influenza cpl
deric has come and gone the Stats
ticians have begun to check up on it.
They report that it was really quite
m affair.
Health authorities, of course, gave
sound advice regarding what victims
should do about it, but were careful
70 minimize its importance in order
that the public might not be fright
ened. Right here in Bismarck there
was pressure to close the schools and
only the fact that such action would
not have helped the situation prevent
Cd such an order from being issued.
Old persons. with weakened vitality,
died as the result Of the epidemic or
its after effects. Persons with dis
eases which were aggravated by it al
70 fell victim.
From q statistical standpoint the
epidemic, which was general through
out the country, reduced 1892 from
the best health year on record by
wide margin to = practical tie with
1880.
The figures compiled by an insur-
arce company show that the death
rates among industrial workers insur-
cd by 1t were the lowest on record for
the months Of January, February,
April, July and October. For the other
ok months. exclusive Of December,
the rates were near the minimum.
Then came the epidemic and more
deaths occurred during December than
had been reported for that month
sinoo 1e9l Tho mortality rate from
influenza was almost four times as
large - for November and marked
increases were noted in deaths from
pnsumonia. tuberculosis and other
pulmonary Affections.
i But even with this setback 1857
was . banner health year. new mimi
NAL death ratss betng registered for
| typhoid fever. meaSies, whooping
cough. diphthsria, pneumonia. tuber-
culosis. diarrhsal diseases, conditions
tncidental t. pregnancy and child
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Ardeth Attributes ken's
Neglect to Cecile
CHAPTER x.

A LITTLE love-making - that
~ meant nothing in these days.
A man didn't marry every
girl he kissed. What she had
thought the big act of her life
wasn't even the prologue. She
had met Ken Gleason-he had
kissed her-and nothing was
changed after all.
Here she was, where she had al
ways been, in the flat grayness of
the Harrison house.
Nothing changed but herself
!. Now she could no longer
trick herself into happiness by little
things. Making new curtains for
the room she shared with Bet
buying a silk remnant for q new
dress on her lunch hour-rides
with Neil in the cut-down Ford
trivial, of sudden. Colorless.
Moments when she had to strug-
gle to keep from showing hot re-
bellion at it all. She hated these
people-this shabby flat. Hated the
ugly square Emission" furniture
part Of Aunt Stel's wedding install
ment set. Hated the faded Axnin-
ster rug-the ugly centre lamp
with its "art-glass" shade. She was
alien wretched.
When Neil came up to see her
she Law down in her dark room
and pretended she had a headache.
Maddening to sit and face Neil.s
tall lean figure in the cheap suit
when all her heart was crying out
for Ken. 49,.
Then. moved at the sight Of his
thin face and sombre eyes, she re-
Tented. She went for . ride with
him one night.
dark highway like this, the ocean
Washing lonesomely on her right.
The wind was cold ana 1resn
against her closed eyelids. A relief
to be carried along without think
ing. !. If only Noel wouldn't talk
to her.
He grew puzzled and resentful
at her silence.
She told him him she was tired.
"Sure, you're tired" he
rrowled. 'eYou're working yourself
to a frazzle for that society dame
you've gone in with. And what
are you going to get out Of it?
They're all alike. rich people. Get
all they can and then throw you
The words might have been
about Ken. She took them on her
sore heart.
They argued, almost quarreled,
and Nell left her in the dark front
hall with a gruff "Good nightv'
A wretched pity in Ardeth's
heart as she climbed the creaking
stairs. pulling off her coat. Why
did someone always have to bring
unhappiness to someone else: She
was causing Neil the same heart
ache Ken caused her: -.
Jeanette's "smokerie" opened
with . flourish. It was hailed
with delight by her friends, who
descended upon it breathing
superlative admiration.
A diminutive Chinese girl had
been engaged-not for services
alone, Dut 70 give 9isslHcsIve cViOr
to the shop. Ah-Ling, who pri-
vately answered to the more pro-
saic "Rosie," was American born
and spoke English with perhaps
more precision than jeanette her
self. But Aiding had her orders.
Nothing could best the quaintness
Of Ah-Ling's pidgin English g
she handled the small Canton cups
Of tea or passed cigarettes and
pastel colored matches to the
entranced guests
In the middle Of the afternoon
Cecile Parker drifted in with .
group Of women.
Ardeth, from beneath her
lashes, watched her leaning lam
guidly back against the silk cush-
ions Of the couch.
Everything about Cecils spoke
Of exquisite care. She was almost
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POOR SALES PoLIGH

Evansville, 1nd.-How can . man
expect to sell anything when he scares
people half to death when he ap-
proaches them? The other night Mrs.
r. H. Scick answered q knock at her
door and there stood q man with .
patch over one eye mumbling and
pointing q gun at her. She slammed
the door and summoned police. They
found that the man with the black
patch was an electric pencil salesman.
and that the revolver he had pointed
was only q pencil he was Offering tor
sale.
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Barbs

The shah of Persia wants to sci
his throne and calls it bargain al
$40 600, 900. With a little dickerinl
it probably could be bought on easy
terms, say around 100000 dowr
and maybe q half million a month.
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Roosevelt soon will be the new
imam OF . thousand faces" Just
watch the headlines: Roosevelt